Urquhart - TEnant of ??

[rebeccareardon]

Happy new year all
This reads "John Urquhart Tenant in ? and his spouse..."
This is a baptism record in Resolis parish, Scotland north of Inverness.
Bec

[sparrett]

Katharine
 
Sue

[Rosinish]

Balleskely (Balliskilly) & probably other variants?

Annie

[Ruskie]

Without looking into it further, I thought maybe Ballerkely.

[waynenort]

Balleskely (Balliskilly) & probably other variants?

Annie

Agree it's Tenant in Balleskely
Here's another variant:

[Rosinish]

"Balliskilly;
Bowsjaly 1551,
Ballaiskaille 1580 ;
G. Baile sgeulaidh,
story-town, or town of the story-teller"

https://www.rossandcromartyheritage.org/home/black-isle-communities/resolis/resolis-places/place-names/

Annie

[rebeccareardon]

Thanks Annie. I take it that Ballaiskaille no longer exist today as I cannot find any other record of it.

[Ruskie]

Yep, that’s definitely an s rather than an r. 

Is this the place, or just one that looks a bit similar, but not quite the same? 

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.767603783527479&lat=57.65595&lon=-4.20592&layers=3&b=1

A more recent map:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.90179221843152&lat=57.65069&lon=-4.17639&layers=205&b=1

Possibly this farmstead here:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.932207362320764&lat=57.64877&lon=-4.17222&layers=205&right=ESRIWorld

Google street view takes you some way to viewing it.

[waynenort]

Yep, that’s definitely an s rather than an r. 

Is this the place, or just one that looks a bit similar, but not quite the same? 

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.767603783527479&lat=57.65595&lon=-4.20592&layers=3&b=1

A more recent map:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.90179221843152&lat=57.65069&lon=-4.17639&layers=205&b=1

Possibly this farmstead here:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.932207362320764&lat=57.64877&lon=-4.17222&layers=205&right=ESRIWorld

Looks to be in ruin.

Definity the right area.
Balleskely (or however it's spelled) is one of the place names of Ross and Cromarty - historic counties of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.
https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17039

edit: wow, You even found the farmstead. Nice find