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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Roxburghshire => Topic started by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:12 BST (UK)

Title: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:12 BST (UK)

Does any one know the precise location of this address please.

Lang Wpe Tunnel Cottagesholm, Dumfriesshire

It is an address on a 1861 Census and the nearest town is Newcastleton.

Thank you.

Judy

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: bibliotaphist on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:27 BST (UK)

Quote from: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:12 BST (UK)

Does any one know the precise location of this address please.

Lang Wpe Tunnel Cottagesholm, Dumfriesshire

It is an address on a 1861 Census and the nearest town is Newcastleton.

Thank you.

Judy

Can you give the census page reference?

Is there any possibility that "Cottagesholm" is really Copshawholm?

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: bibliotaphist on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:39 BST (UK)

Quote from: pstainthorp on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:27 BST (UK)

Quote from: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:12 BST (UK)

Does any one know the precise location of this address please.

Lang Wpe Tunnel Cottagesholm, Dumfriesshire

It is an address on a 1861 Census and the nearest town is Newcastleton.

Thank you.

Judy

Can you give the census page reference?

Is there any possibility that "Cottagesholm" is really Copshawholm?

...and could "Wpe Tunnel" be an abbreviated form of "Whitrope [Railway] Tunnel" as per www.bordersfhs.org.uk/castleton.asp (http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/castleton.asp) ??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitrope_Tunnel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitrope_Tunnel)

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 18:42 BST (UK)

Thanks for you replies. Will look more at those suggestions.

This is the reference.
Parish: Castleton; ED: 10; Page: 2; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1861_140
Registration No. 784

My ancestor was called Jane Jackson born 1840.

Judy

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 19:04 BST (UK)

Just a thought - I have not got the original 1861 Census - so it could be transcribed wrongly.
I have just a transcription off a well known Family History Site.

Judy

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 19:12 BST (UK)

Just looked at the History of Whitrope Tunnel & it was built between 1859 &62. My ancestor was born c1840 so well before that tunnel was built.

Judy

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: bibliotaphist on Tuesday 26 April 16 19:20 BST (UK)

Quote from: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 18:42 BST (UK)

Thanks for you replies. Will look more at those suggestions.

This is the reference.
Parish: Castleton; ED: 10; Page: 2; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1861_140
Registration No. 784

My ancestor was called Jane Jackson born 1840.

Judy

Hmm - I think this might be a case of scrambled information making its way into the transcription on Ancestry.

The page image on Scotlandspeople has her p/o/b as just "Dumfriesshire Langholm". I suspect the words "Wpe Tunnel Cottages" have accidentally been pasted into the middle of the word "Langholm" by the transcriber.

Title: Re: Location of address near Newcastleton please.
Post by: Jeffrey on Tuesday 26 April 16 19:57 BST (UK)

Thanks for the reply.

Think you may be right about the scrambled information.

Thank you for your help.

Judy