1831--Upper Fallow, Hutchenfield,Peebles

[ajjbc]

Does anyone know of a place called,"Upper Fallow",and how close to Hutchenfield,Peebles is it ?

[Forfarian]

Does anyone know of a place called,"Upper Fallow",and how close to Hutchenfield,Peebles is it ?

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

Could it be Upper Fala in the parish of Eddleston? https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.76291&lon=-3.21675&layers=5&b=1&marker=55.75080,-3.22033

If so it's about 6 miles as the crow flies from Hutchinfield in the parish of Peebles https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.993175438052333&lat=55.66923&lon=-3.18613&layers=5&b=1&marker=55.75080,-3.22033

[ajjbc]

Thanks Forfarian,
       I really appreciate that info, and the maps were great...Kudos to you !!..

[Forfarian]

You're welcome.

[ajjbc]

Forfarian, need your help one more time...a direct ancestor died in REDHEAD,SELKIRK in 1854..
I cannot find any reference to it on any map,was it possibly a farm (?)...
the least he could have done was wait till 1855... LOL

[MonicaL]

Just adding link to old post here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=513652.0 on Redhead for background.

Monica

[MonicaL]

The link given by Emma on the old thread is not working anymore. You can access the entry here www.scottishindexes.com/51transcript.aspx?houseid=69909004

As she mentioned, just click on the links for mapping.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Does look to likely be a farm as you thought. The will of a William Young, who died in 1869, refers to him as:

Farmer in Whytbank and Redhead, parish of Stow

Monica

[Forfarian]

Forfarian, need your help one more time...a direct ancestor died in REDHEAD,SELKIRK in 1854..
I cannot find any reference to it on any map,was it possibly a farm (?)...
the least he could have done was wait till 1855... LOL

If you are looking for help to find a place, it is always useful to give as much information as possible. It is essential to know the parish, because the same place name can occur in several parishes. (Just a week ago I was standing on top of a cliff called Red Head in a completely different part of Scotland).

I see from the earlier thread that you have already been told that Redhead was in the parish of Stow, Midlothian, and I see that the people you are looking for were named Brunton and were at Redhead in the 1851 census. Using that information I can see that Redhead was in Enumeration District 2, and that other places in the same ED were Crossleehill, Whitebank, Millbank, Cadonlee, Cadonmill, Clovenfords and Torwoodlee.

I recognise some of those names, in particular Clovenfords and Torwoodlee, so I can home in on that immediate area, and there I find https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/nt4337 and that leads to https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.62271&lon=-2.88294&layers=5&b=1

Without all that information, it could have been like looking for a needle in a haystack.

So please, in future, if you need help to find a particular place, remember to give as much information as possible. Say whom you are looking for, and which parish they were in, and when, and what the source of your information is. I am always more than happy to help, but I prefer to start with as much detail as possible.

And don't rely on Google maps.