place name.....

w.stevely · Post by **w.stevely** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:41 pm

hi all
does anyone know if there was a place called Concord in Scotland in the 1820's

Post by **marilyn morning** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:56 am

Hello Willie

Concord, New Hampshire USA is a favorite city of mine. So I tired to google "Concord Scotland 1820" with zero results. Next I contacted a Professor from London and asked him this question and his reply was

"I've checked the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland which was published in 1884-nothing on Concord. There are a couple of Concords in England. This could of course be a country house or similar and might be impossible to track down."

Relevant Page of the Gazetteer 1884

CONAN HOUSE , a mansion in Urquhart and Logie-Wester parish, Ross and Cromarty

CONDIE, an estate with a mansion in Forteviot parish (since 1891)

CONDORRAT, a villiage and quoad sacra parish in Cumbernauld parish.

CONEROCK, a conspicuous eminence (808 feet) in Rothes parish

CONGALTON , an ancient barony in Dirleton parish, Haddingtonshire

Regards
Marilyn

w.stevely · Post by **w.stevely** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:06 pm

hi marylin
thanks,on the 1880 cencus for Texas, Martha Carson said her mother Helen Henderson was born in Concord in Scotland,the 1861 cencus for Scotland has her birthplace as Kirkcaldy
Thanks again
Willie

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:46 pm

I would think this may be a case of someone writing down what they thought they'd heard and making a guess as to how it might be spelt.

Being a Fifer I can well imagine that "Kirkcaldy" said fairly quickly with the, er.. correct accent sounding very like "Concord" to someone whose ear wasn't correctly attuned!!

Best wishes
Lesley

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:45 pm

Hi Willie
could the "Concord in" Scotland.... actually be "Kincardine" Scotland?
Jim