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William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« on: Saturday 04 April 20 15:34 BST (UK) »
William Tolmie was Tacksman at Balspardan (Petty, Inverness) and died in 1826.  He was married to Grace McPherson at that time, however I believe Grace was his second wife - the first being Mary Ralff (Ralph) who died in 1812 at Balspardan.  On Mary's death William is noted as being of Ballispardon & Fleming.  I'm familiar with Ballispardon / Balspardan however not with Fleming.  Would anyone know of this property "Fleming" or how I might find out more about it?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04 April 20 18:39 BST (UK) »
How about near Loch Flemington? Fleming ton?

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 April 20 19:39 BST (UK) »
An interesting discussion of Flemish linked place names in Scotland:

https://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2014/03/07/place-names-as-a-clue-to-the-flemish-presence-in-scotland/

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04 April 20 20:11 BST (UK) »
Flemington is described here as a farm house https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878/inverness-shire-mainland-volume-55/11

On the next page, 12, there is also reference to Flemington House.

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04 April 20 22:09 BST (UK) »
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 05 April 20 06:00 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to each of you for your responses. 

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 05 April 20 13:14 BST (UK) »
In their publication “Nairn’s Neighbours” (2017) Cawdor Heritage Group, discussing the 1841 census, records that “East of the Wade Road was the hamlet of Flemington on the north shore of the loch”.

Timothy Pont (1583-1614), famed for his detailed map of Scotland, included “Flemingtoun” adjacent to the present-day Loch Flemington, perhaps indicative of a small settlement.

https://maps.nls.uk/pont/view/?id=pont08#zoom=4&lat=3709&lon=2912&layers=BT

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Re: William Tolmie - Tacksman at Balspardan - Inverness
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 05 April 20 14:26 BST (UK) »
The small settlement right on the north shore of Loch Flemington is mapped as Lochside.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NH8152

Roy's map suggests that there was no settlement on the loch shore in the 1750s. There is a settlement at the west end of the loch, called Lochflemington on the late Victorian six-inch map
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=57.54335&lon=-3.99277&layers=6&b=1
but the name is partly obliterated on the first edition six-inch map which is the first one to show houses on the north shore of the loch
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=57.54422&lon=-3.99271&layers=5&b=1 so it seems that the hamlet mentioned in the 1841 census must have been built some time in the late 18th or early 19th century.

Aaron Arrowsmith maps Loch Fleming, but places the name closer to Loch Clunas, which had been drained by the 1850s. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=57.55373&lon=-3.96699&layers=123969245&b=1
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.
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