Anyone familar with Langholm heard of Old Bridge End, possibly in New Langholm?

[lanercost]

I've checked all the maps on NLS but perhaps they're not old enough. I see Townhead Bridge (aka Langholm Bridge) and looking into this realise it was built in 1775 so I assume this residence is somewhere about there, but perhaps there was a different location of an older bridge?

Baptisms show the family in New Langholm in 1788, Old Bridge End in 1789, Langholm in 1790, and New Langholm again by 1804. I'd assumed this is all the same location, just referred to differently, with Old Bridge End being within New Langholm but that also could be wrong. Any Langholmites have any ideas?

[Gadget]

Hi

Not a resident but you might find something in the Old Statistical Accounts.

http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public

The entry for Langholm has a section on the roads and bridges at the time. It describes 3 main bridges- one of which was built in 1775 ~ http://www.rootschat.com/links/01i4n/

Gadget

[lanercost]

Hi

Not a resident but you might find something in the Old Statistical Accounts.

http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public

The entry for Langholm has a section on the roads and bridges at the time. It describes 3 main bridges- one of which was built in 1775 ~ http://www.rootschat.com/links/01i4n/

Gadget

Thank you very much Gadget, it looks very interesting. I'll have a good look through!