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Title: Sparkhall or Sparkhill, Torphichen?
Post by: Dashboard on Sunday 29 December 13 19:29 GMT (UK)

Bit of a long shot, but am researching my Forsyth ancestors from late 1770s and I have one, a James Forsyth, who is listed as residing at a place called Sparkhall (or Spark Hall) or Sparkhill (or Spark Hill) in or near Torphichen.

Has anyone heard of this place? Or was it perhaps a house or property of some kind?

I have checked the relevant maps on the NLS site but can't seem to find anything. If anyone has any local knowledge, I'd be most grateful.

Many thanks.

Title: Re: Sparkhall or Sparkhill, Torphichen?
Post by: tidybooks on Sunday 29 December 13 21:05 GMT (UK)

Hi Dashboard,

I can find an area of Torphicen called Slackend and Slackend Hill. There are some older properties in this area, so maybe worth researching here.

Tom

Title: Re: Sparkhall or Sparkhill, Torphichen?
Post by: Dashboard on Sunday 29 December 13 22:49 GMT (UK)

Thanks, Tom.

Yes, I saw that too. I wondered whether it might just be it. I'll try and dig deeper.

Many thanks again for your help.

Title: Re: Sparkhall or Sparkhill, Torphichen?
Post by: baForsyth on Monday 11 November 24 00:23 GMT (UK)

I've not done any research for about 15 years and haven't got my notes, but I too came across Sparkhall relating to J Forsyth.
As far as I remember, it was a farm and I seem to recall that James (or his wife) was a farm servant.
My memory could have jumped a few generations, but I think the wife's surname was Walkinshaw.
As I said, that's sketchy recall from about 15/20 years ago, so apologies if I've thrown in a red herring.