Several members were very quick last week to locate "Warsetter" for me on Sanday, and now I see I have another reference to "Warbister" which appears from the context of the document to have been on Hoy. I don't have LandRanger 7 which covers Hoy, and can not find this Warbister on the bits of Hoy which show on the other maps. Can someone help me with this, please? Where was/is Warbister? The reference is to "Warbister beneath the hill", if that helps ... Thank you in advance ..... Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GREAVES Yorkshire > London GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa SPENCE Orkney FOTHERINGHAM Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) MORRISON Islay > Ontario BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario McNABB Islay > Ontario MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.
Some people have asked me where to get to the Sutherland mailing list and the active one that is working is http://www.highlandhearts.com/ click on enter and then at the top click on mailing lists Just follow the instructions and post your interest there are a lot of knowledgable people on this list re Sutherlandshire As most of the ones that emailed me my people came from there to the Orkney Islands, sorry I didnt reply right away as I was off on holiday Cathy
Hugh Marwick's Orkney Farm-Names (1952) has under Hoy: "Warbuster: Werbuster beneth the hill (a 9d land) 1500; Warbister 1627 [Peterkin iii, 38]; Warbuster by South the Burne (9d land), and W- by North the Burne (9d land) 1739. The dual Warbuster of 1739 had replaced the former Beneath the Hill; the burn referred to was evidently that running down from Orgill. The name is now obsolete. O[ld] N[orse] "varo-bolstaor", 'beacon-bister'; the varo- in this case must have had reference to the Ward Hill of Hoy which towers up precipitously immediately behind the tunship." The name appears on Blaeu's 1654 map (www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu) and the 1872 OS map (www.old-map.co.uk). The latter implies Warbuster by South is now the Hoy Outdoor Centre shown on the current 1:25000 map. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:47 AM Subject: Warbister > Several members were very quick last week to locate "Warsetter" for me on > Sanday, and now I see I have another reference to "Warbister" which > appears from > the context of the document to have been on Hoy. > > I don't have LandRanger 7 which covers Hoy, and can not find this > Warbister > on the bits of Hoy which show on the other maps. > > Can someone help me with this, please? Where was/is Warbister? The > reference is to "Warbister beneath the hill", if that helps ... > > Thank you in advance ..... > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada > > Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... > HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) > POTCHIT Yorkshire > FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) > GREAVES Yorkshire > London > GRIFFIN Staffordshire > STANLEY Staffordshire > SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania > STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow > BAIN Caithness > MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa > SPENCE Orkney > FOTHERINGHAM Orkney > TRAILL Orkney > SELKRIG Lanark > WICKETSHAW Lanark > MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) > MORRISON Islay > Ontario > BAIRD Renfrew > HAM Australia (Vic) > THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire > AGGUS Suffolk > BRIGHTWELL Suffolk > LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario > McNABB Islay > Ontario > MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew > SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew > GILLESPIE Dumfries > HENDERSON Dumfries > TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark > CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew > GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario > Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. > > Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no > intentional > attachment on this e-mail transmission. > > ______________________________