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Many thanks for the kind responses, and my apologies for taking so long to reply. The reason that I was unsure about the 1799 Thomas Hall was because he had so many siblings at such short intervals, that I thought that, although biologically possible, it was perhaps unlikely, so there may have been more than one James Hall fathering children in H. Whitney parish.
On Freesearch, some children had just the father named as James, and others both the father James and the mother Mary, so it was impossible to be certain of the parentage.

The father's occupation was Labourer; not much of a clue there, and the witnesses were:
James Cantcliffe and Maud Seth.
Al

Oops---------James.
I can't think how Richard crept in.

Al

I now have the birth certificate of a William Worrell born in Grantham in 1885. The birth year agrees with his age on his marriage certificate, but his father is named John whereas the father's name on the marriage certificate is James. William and Beatrice later settled in Grantham and raised a large family there, so I am pretty sure that I have the correct person; but why would someone falsify their father's christian name?

It seems that there were many ship and boat building yards on the west bank of the Tay along the Shore Road to the south of Perth. Has anyone done any research into this industry? I am particularly interested in the Fenton family who were engaged in this trade.
Al