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Offline Rosezi

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Place name in Wick?
« on: Sunday 22 July 18 11:33 BST (UK) »
Help needed to decipher the name of this place in Caithness, shown on a 1740 baptism for Wick parish
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool

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Re: Place name in Wick?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 July 18 11:48 BST (UK) »
near loch hempriggs there is a toftcarl - could this be a variant spelling for there?
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surnames in direct line - going back 8 generations

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Re: Place name in Wick?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 22 July 18 16:33 BST (UK) »
I don't necessarily disagree with Roderick's suggestion, but I have concerns about the formation of the t and c and also about how far the f extends below the line.

Can we have a much larger clip of the handwriting, including other examples of these letters, please.

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Re: Place name in Wick?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 22 July 18 17:10 BST (UK) »
Link to Toftcarle, South of Wick ~

https://maps.nls.uk/view/74400135#zoom=5&lat=4963&lon=7348&layers=BT


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Re: Place name in Wick?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 22 July 18 18:15 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for the answers, it's probably Toftcarle , as its near ?Thrumster Wick, and that is where my ancestors were living
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool

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Re: Place name in Wick?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 22 July 18 18:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks also for the map links, very useful
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool
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