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Title: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: mgty on Tuesday 17 February 15 15:49 GMT (UK)

I was looking at a marriage certificate from 1846 and it looks like the bride's residence is given as Scroggy.  I have searched for a place with this name but have only come up with names such as Scroggy Road.

If anyone has any ideas of either where I can look further or if they have heard of Scroggy itself then I will be very grateful of any help.  :)

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: kingskerswell on Tuesday 17 February 15 15:56 GMT (UK)

Hi,
   Scroggy Road is on the outskirts of Limavady in Co. Londonderry but I am not aware of a townland of that name.

Regards

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: catfordcrooner on Tuesday 17 February 15 16:04 GMT (UK)

It may just have been the local term for the Scroggy Road area.

I live on Chatterton Road, Bromley (which is now in Chatterton Village, since about 6 years ago) and everyone around here calls it Chat

Jeff

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: mgty on Tuesday 17 February 15 16:07 GMT (UK)

Thanks Jeff.  That would make sense.  :)

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: mgty on Tuesday 17 February 15 16:19 GMT (UK)

Thanks kingskerswell, I'll look into that.  There's a Scroggy Road in Co. Antrim too so I've been trying to research that first as it's near where all the other people were living at the time.  However, nothing to actually link the person to Co. Antrim apart from marriage relations.  :)

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: gaffy on Tuesday 17 February 15 17:38 GMT (UK)

Scroggy is a placename in the parishes of Ballymoney and Carncastle, there are also a lough and a bridge in County Antrim so called, search here:

http://www.placenamesni.org/search.php

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 17 February 15 17:43 GMT (UK)

Road names only came into use in the countryside c1970- earlier addresses were mainly the townland although sometimes local names within an area or townland were recorded. Since you know where the marriage took place it's likely that the residence was not too far away.

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: glensman on Tuesday 17 February 15 17:58 GMT (UK)

Not sure if you are interested in either of the two Scroggy names posted by Gaffy, but according to Felix McKillop's book  "Townlands, People and Traditions"  Scroggie is a sub-denomination of the townland of Ballygawn in the parish of Carncastle/Cairncastle.

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: mgty on Tuesday 17 February 15 18:22 GMT (UK)

Thanks to everyone for their help. The groom and all subsequent records are in the Carncastle/Cairncastle area so that would fit in perfectly for Scroggie.  Will need to look out for that book glensman.

Many thanks for the link to the place names search gaffy and the information on the road names aghadowey.  All adds to me building up my knowledge.

Thank you to everyone for all the suggestions.  They are all welcomed and appreciated. :)

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: glensman on Wednesday 18 February 15 21:20 GMT (UK)

You may already be aware, but 1851 census records for Ballygawn and surrounding townlands still survive.  The attached is a link to the Ballygawn returns:

 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ert/

They are sometimes dogged by duplicate transcripts.

Title: Re: Place name - Scroggy?
Post by: mgty on Thursday 19 February 15 11:57 GMT (UK)

Thanks for the link glensman.   :)