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"Backhill or Blackhill"
« on: Monday 25 May 09 16:19 BST (UK) »
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I have a copy of an application for poor relief made by a gt gt uncle in 1868 . Within the application it is stated that a member of his family , a boy of 8 yrs of age had been removed to Backhill due to his disability . It stated that he had a diseased hip joint . I am assuming that this place is some form of hospital for possibly TB cases or cancer .
I can only find an area of Glasgow called Blackhill . I would appreciate it if any member could give me an insight into the place referred to .
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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 May 09 17:33 BST (UK) »
Hi Eric,
It will be BARNHILL, the name of the poorhouse and its hospital.  There is a link to Barnhill somewhere, I'm sure another list member will know. Try putting it into google for now.

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 May 09 17:53 BST (UK) »
Hello lodger
Thanks for your swift reply . With the aid of a magnifying glass and a couple of cans of beer I do believe you are right . I have found a few links to it and some photos from Glasgow archives .
Thanks
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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #3 on: Monday 25 May 09 18:00 BST (UK) »
Have a look at this link.  http://www.rootschat.com/links/06e7/   

Click on each picture to expand and there is a bit more script underneath.

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #4 on: Monday 25 May 09 18:31 BST (UK) »
Hello Dave
Thnks for that . The childrens ward is particularly relevant .
Eric

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 07:01 BST (UK) »
.................. With the aid of a .......couple of cans of beer...........



Hello Dave
Thnks for that . The childrens ward is particularly relevant .
Eric



Glad replies were useful Eric.
Try whisky next time!   ;D ;D

I dae ma best researchin' when a've hud a hauf ur twa!  Well, mibbaes naw, but the failures dinnae seem sae bad efter a few wee swallies!

Mitchell library site is also good for old photos of Glasgow....
http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 06 June 09 08:46 BST (UK) »
I hardly like to admit this, but the children's ward at Barnhill doesn't look so very different from the wards I first went into as a student nurse at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Victoria.    Luckily we moved out of the 1800's built hospital within my first year of training!!! -  but those rows of beds , and the highly polished floors are very familiar!  Uniforms were a bit more modern though  ;D  ::).

Is Glasgow Barony a municipality of the city - I see it arising when I look for rellies in the area?

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Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 07 June 09 10:18 BST (UK) »
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Is Glasgow Barony a municipality of the city -

Barony was a large parish outside the original Glasgow City area (mainly to the North and East ) - the parish was later broken up as the City expanded and absorbed the Barony area

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenealogy/Ggow%20surr%20parish.jpg
shows the parishes surrounding Glasgow around 1795

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Re: "Backhill or Blackhill"
« Reply #8 on: Monday 08 June 09 06:55 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that info and the map - how recently was the Barony still called that - late last century I am thinking?

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Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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