Howard, Following on my reply to your question, I have logged into the Book of the Thanes of Cawdor and did a search for "Wester Geddes". There were references to Easter and Meikle Geddes but no mention of Wester Geddes. My knowledge of the geography of the region is poor so I am not aware of other names by which the place might have been known. Happy hunting... Bob. On Jan 15, 2008 5:01 AM, Howard Geddes < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bob, Those are very very interesting URLs. I'm on dial-up so before > downloading massive heaps, do you know if there is anything about the > place > name Wester Geddes in the book of Cawdor papers? > > I was able to access Nairn Library's copy of Bain last year in the course > of > my research into the origins of the GEDDES surname, in particular the > Lands > Of Geddes. > > Bain mentions that a Wester Geddes that appears in various documents, but > I > haven't been able to find a single other reference anywhere - despite > Meikle > Geddes and Easter Geddes still existing today. After a deal of research on > the ROSEs, BISSETs, de BOSCO and RAITs, as well as CALDERs, I believe that > there is good reason to conclude that Cawdor Castle was built on Wester > Geddes when the family moved out of Nairn (and hence the name > disappeared). > Having talked to the trustees at Cawdor, I was intending to study the > family > papers now at the NAS but we're talking about 13th/14th Century material > and > I was not confident of being able to interpret the writing. > > It would be great to hear if there any references in the book. > > Howard Geddes > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Bob Hay at home at www.bobhay.net