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Title: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Rosinish on Sunday 13 March 22 12:25 GMT (UK)
I'd be very grateful to discover the name of this cottage please.

1st line, top left side...

Sp..... Den?
Cottage
Windygates

I've used several variants without success.


Annie
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Rosinish on Sunday 13 March 22 12:27 GMT (UK)
This is an inverted image of same...

1st line, top left side...

Sp..... Den?
Cottage
Windygates

Annie
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Karen McDonald on Sunday 13 March 22 12:33 GMT (UK)
Is there a capital "E" anywhere on the page? I can help but think that the middle letter of the second word is a bit tall for an "e", and I am wondering if the word might be Elm.

The scribe often puts the dot from an "i" quite some way to the right, which might confuse things for the first word (which looks something like Spinties... ???)
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: GR2 on Sunday 13 March 22 14:04 GMT (UK)
It's Spinkie Den.
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: artifis on Sunday 13 March 22 14:06 GMT (UK)
I think it is Spinlies Elm Cottage.  All the other words that have a letter 't' in them there is a cross stroke on the 't'.

Looking at the NLS side by side map of the area 1885-1900 there is only one small group pf buildings at Windygates as there is now with two small buildings to the east of the apparent main farm complex but unfortunately no individual names for the cottages. 
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: artifis on Sunday 13 March 22 14:09 GMT (UK)
Yes could be Spinkie but still think Elm.  It would be good to see more of the page to see how capital letters 'D' and 'E' were written in other names.
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Bookbox on Sunday 13 March 22 14:27 GMT (UK)
Plenty of photos here ...
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/spinkie-den.html
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Rosinish on Sunday 13 March 22 15:04 GMT (UK)
Thanks all for your interest & contributions so far...

As requested, some more text including the initial 'E'

There are 2 instances...

2nd Row, Column 3 (Hugh Elder)

&

Column 2, Bottom line (Elizabeth Rough)


I think it's likely Spinkie Den as has been suggested.

Seems 'Spinkie(s)' is the name for Primrose(s)!

Must be a 'Fife' word ? ::)


Annie

Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 13 March 22 15:26 GMT (UK)
It certainly looks like Spinkie Den on his death registration, which someone has uploaded to an Ancestry public tree

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/42757318/person/162045554412/media/43f54fdd-bfec-4002-9b56-b993db812051
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: Rosinish on Sunday 13 March 22 16:34 GMT (UK)
Quote from: ShaunJ on Sunday 13 March 22 15:26 GMT (UK)
It certainly looks like Spinkie Den on his death registration

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/42757318/person/162045554412/media/43f54fdd-bfec-4002-9b56-b993db812051

Thank you Sean - very helpful in confirming the name of the cottage!

I hadn't got that far as I was dotting my 'i's & crossing my 't's'  ;D

My snip was the marriage of John Morris Mercer, another son of William & Christina (m/s Morris) & I see his brother Alex(ander) was the informant!

Good to see some genuine research for a change  ;)

Annie
Title: Re: 1897 - Cottage name in Windygates, Fife, Scotland?
Post by: fifer1947 on Sunday 13 March 22 16:54 GMT (UK)
Named for > https://www.alltrails.com/trail/scotland/fife/spinkie-den-path  ?