Wintruphead

[kathgill]

Does anyone know where Wintruphead is.  I was looking at an old family headstone in St Michaels Graveyard in Dumfries
and it says John Kirkpatrick, blacksmith died at Wintruphead 2nd October 1867. 

Any information would be grateful

Kathleen

[bealach]

Kathgill,
I suggest that you might consider that Wintruphead might represent the farmhouse of Winterhopehead in the parish of Middlebie.  The map reference is NY 273823.  Perhaps you have some further clues.

                                                                             Bealach.

[kathgill]

Hi bealach

Thanks for your reply.  I have searched and searched and have come up with Winterhopehead near Dumfries.  It is on the Bankend Road about 5 miles from Dumfries and quiet near to where other members of the Kirkpatrick family lived.  It would appear to have been two cottages which are no longer there and replaced by a bungalow built many years ago.  I was looking at William McDowall's record of St Michael's Church Memorials and this is where I got the original spelling of Wintruphead. 

Thanks again for your help.

Kathleen

[Dougie44]

Hello Kathleen. Could you give me a bit of help finding Wintruphead. I know there is a Winterhopehead up in the hills to the East of Dumfries but I can’t find anything on the Bankhead road 5 miles away. My ancestors lived there as shown on the 1851 census.

[Forfarian]

Which parish is this Wintruphead/Winterhopehead in?

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=758930.0

[Gadget]

Middlebie

[Dougie44]

Hi there. It says Nithsdale, Dumfries.

[Gadget]

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/hes/67195/winterhopehead/rcahms?inline=true

[Gadget]

Nithsdale isn't a parish, it's a district.

See
https://www.genuki.org.uk/node/161280/countymap

for a handy map of parishes - click on the blue areas for names.