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derekfrom france
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place search dumfriesshire

Post by derekfrom france » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:36 pm

hi all is there anyone on the site who lives near DURISDEER i have found one of my ancestors who on the 1841 census was living at SLANKFORD in the parish of durisdeer have looked on modern map and old map but cant find it any help welcome
cheers derek
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nelmit
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Re: place search dumfriesshire

Post by nelmit » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:52 pm

derekfrom france wrote:hi all is there anyone on the site who lives near DURISDEER i have found one of my ancestors who on the 1841 census was living at SLANKFORD in the parish of durisdeer have looked on modern map and old map but cant find it any help welcome
cheers derek
Hello derek,

A place called Slunkford can be found at the mid west part of Durisdeer on this map.

Kind regards,
Annette M
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WilmaM
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Post by WilmaM » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:11 pm

Got it!

Go to: http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/counties.h ... friesshire
pick Dumfriesshire and then 1828 John Thomson 's map

On the next page choose the top left section and the yellow portion in the middle.

zoom in on the area halfway along the border at the top joining the green area.

UI hope you can follow that?

It's actually marked as SLUNKFORD.

Present day location?

south east of Mennock acros the river from Glengenny. There is an unmarked farm up the hill from ARDOCH which may or may not be in the right place.

This link may show the right area.

<URL modified to prevent overwide page LesleyB>

Thanks Lesley :D
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derekfrom france
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slunkford

Post by derekfrom france » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:15 pm

hi annette thanks this was driving me crazy comparing the map you give and the os map it looks like that the railway line now follows the old road and at slunkord it actually is on the trace of the old road sadly it looks that slunkford houses were demolished.where did you find this map and you wouldnt happen to know the rough scale and date of map.
again thanks cheers derek from france
interests
dumfries+gall menzies/geddes/herring/fleming
erskine/hairstones
ayrshire kerr /brotchie/campbell
fife eadie/johnman/kilgour/bogie/ellis
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derekfrom france
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slunkford

Post by derekfrom france » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:18 pm

hi wilma tnx also i wish i had asked on this site a month ago as my brother passed thru durisdeer to take photos for me but it was absolutely pouring down and he got soaked reading MIs in the graveyard
cheers derek
interests
dumfries+gall menzies/geddes/herring/fleming
erskine/hairstones
ayrshire kerr /brotchie/campbell
fife eadie/johnman/kilgour/bogie/ellis
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nelmit
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Re: slunkford

Post by nelmit » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:21 pm

derekfrom france wrote:hi annette thanks this was driving me crazy comparing the map you give and the os map it looks like that the railway line now follows the old road and at slunkord it actually is on the trace of the old road sadly it looks that slunkford houses were demolished.where did you find this map and you wouldnt happen to know the rough scale and date of map.
again thanks cheers derek from france
Hello Derek,

The nls.uk is a great site for old maps and these County maps usually have great detail.

I take it you now know where to look after reading Wilma's post.

Kind regards,
Annette M
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