Farms at the Stoop, Dumfries

[Solway]

stoop: I have personal information which will interest you if you wish to PM me per my posting of 4 December, '14.

[audrey]

I wonder does anyone recognise this address from 1885
Greenbrae Loaning. Greenbrae. this address was given on John Sewell birth cert. 24 12 1885 but I cant find much about it was it a farm I am trying to trace our great Grandmothers family she was Mary Douglas b 1834 no marriage cert to john Sewell approx. 1852 pos.carlisle Cumberland ever found 5 generations of Johns does not  help
thank you
audrey

[Solway]

Hi Audrey,
In 1885, houses in Greenbrae Loaning would probably have comprised a row of small cottages with a small farm half way along, known as a smallholding and which seems to have been attached to Bethal Cottage.  As far as I know, the name Greenbrae probably arose from the fact that the area was surrounded by green fields on sloping ground (brae).
If you Google DG1 3DG, this will locate the Loaning which links the Lockerbie Road with the Annan Road, in Dumfries.
Hope this helps.