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Title: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Wednesday 03 June 09 00:31 BST (UK)
I have always believed my earliest Layng ancestor was from Liney but can't find it on the net.....
 ???

Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: KirstyG on Wednesday 03 June 09 01:39 BST (UK)
Do you have any idea what part of the country it might be?

Kirsty
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Wednesday 03 June 09 05:01 BST (UK)
Some other rels [Drummonds] were from Callander.......
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Isabel H on Thursday 04 June 09 18:39 BST (UK)
Have a look at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/anyword.html
If you type in Liney and tick the box for similar-sounding names it comes up with several possibilities.
Or how about Lenzie (Kirkintilloch)? See what Wikipedia has to say about the pronunciation.
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Thursday 04 June 09 21:43 BST (UK)
Thanks!
"Lyne" lppks like the best bet........

Features:   
Lyne
Parishes:   
Lany
Lonmay
Lyne
Settlements:   
Lenie
Lennie
Loan
Lone
Lonmay
Lunna
Lyme
Lyne
Lyne
Lyne

Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: DuncanM on Saturday 06 June 09 17:53 BST (UK)
If you think it is Callander then try searching for Leny which is in this area.
  ;)
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: stephiebonlin on Wednesday 17 June 09 11:58 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: stephiebonlin on Wednesday 17 June 09 12:17 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: maidmarianoops on Wednesday 17 June 09 12:43 BST (UK)
http://www.ludlow.org.uk/map.pdf

THERE IS A LINNEY IN SHROPSHIRE

SYLVIA
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: apanderson on Thursday 18 June 09 21:10 BST (UK)
What about Loch Lihne (pronounced 'Linney') - that's near Fort William. I don't think there's a village or town though .............

On 'Multimap', either key in Map Reference: NN014638 ot Post Code: PH33 7AA.

Anne
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Monday 21 May 12 23:29 BST (UK)
One Ancestry tree has the father of my John Layng from 'Liney' as being from Deviston, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Not too far from Callander but long way from Loch Lihne
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: GR2 on Tuesday 22 May 12 18:53 BST (UK)
Trees that other folk have produced are not always very accurate. Sometimes they are pure fiction. How far back can you get with documentary evidence yourself?
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: DonM on Tuesday 22 May 12 23:09 BST (UK)
This could simply be a farm/croft, the surname is largely in the east I see none in Renfrew, do you have the parents and the year?

Don
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Wednesday 23 May 12 06:04 BST (UK)
I think the info below is documented except where question  marks present, though don't have all the refs to hand. It is family word of mouth history that they originated from Scotland and possibly Liney thanks.

1 John Layng
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Birth:   1740, Liney, Scotland?
Death:   1826, Castlebar?

Spouse:   Margarey Boyle
Birth:   c1745, Scotland?
Marriage:   26 Jun 1772, Killala Diocese, Co. Mayo, Ire

Children:   George Christen [?] (1775-1853)
   ? sister
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: DonM on Wednesday 23 May 12 10:42 BST (UK)
Sorry, but I see no Layng/Boyle for that era, using soundex I see 2 families recorded as Laing/Boyle early 1800 but no George.  Did you look in Ireland for Liney?
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Wednesday 23 May 12 10:53 BST (UK)
Quote from: DonM on Wednesday 23 May 12 10:42 BST (UK)
Sorry, but I see no Layng/Boyle for that era, using soundex I see 2 families recorded as Laing/Boyle early 1800 but no George.  Did you look in Ireland for Liney?

Are you saying you couldn't find records of them in Scotland or Ireland?
I have records for them in Mayo.
I believe the spelling may have changed from Laing to Layng.
Had not looked for Liney in Ireland

Thanks

David

The Parish Registers of Kilmoremoy, County Mayo, Diocese of Killala show George Layng bapt 1775. Father John Layng, mother Margaret.
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Sunnyhill on Thursday 08 October 15 13:55 BST (UK)
A friend kindly did research into my Layngs in Mayo and Sligo and believes the place 'Liney' is  Leney [sometimes spelt and pronounced Lyney or Liney],  a barony in Sligo.

Their is a record as below

John Layng, aged 86, of the parish of Liney (or Leonry?), buried 19 Jan 1826 [in Kilmoremoy?]

This would fit with my John Layng b 1740 d 1826 m Margarey Boyle in 1772 Killala
Title: Re: Liney - is there a town by this name?
Post by: Callander on Sunday 25 February 18 11:09 GMT (UK)
There is a Leny Estate North West of Callander off the A84. A number of  geographical features features around the area carry the name. Liny, Linney, Leny and Lenney are all variants of the same name. There exists the site of Leny Castle on the estate close to the A84.