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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Ronda231 on Friday 25 July 25 13:53 BST (UK)
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I would be very grateful if someone could tell me the place name on this 1805 free Church baptism record
John Drysdale Carter ????? -------a son -------named John
Many thanks and best regards
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Possibly Walk. Leith Walk is a thoroughfare between Leith and Edinburgh. The entry below John Drysdale's seems to have the same place name.
William
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That was quick!
Thank you very much Millmoor.
That seems like a good option
Best regards
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I thought it might be the father’s profession as the entry above says ‘wright’ as in wheelwright.
Having read a few of these the fathers trade is usually mentioned.
As to what that trade is I’m still puzzling.
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Think it might say carter work as in delivering.
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Thankyou oldfashionedgirl for your help on this - it could be Carter 'work'- as the first entry on the preceding page mentions Kirkgate Brickwork Close & the work is similar but I think that 'Walk' may be a better option.
Many thanks & best regards
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It definitely says Walk. It also appears later on the page. The writer doesn't always put a dash between the occupation and the residence. There are several examples of a capital W, for example at Water further down the page, and the second letter is definitely an a - it is formed exactly the same as the a in Drysdale and the a in carter.
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Thank you GR2 for a definitive transcription of this word.
Best regards
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I agree with the others.
Leith Walk was extremely busy with many ships needing to be loaded and unloaded. This meant that carters (men with horse and cart, or just a man pulling a cart) were also very busy to-ing and fro-ing from client to ship..
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If you haven’t already come across it.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/117746141
Gives an idea of Leith at the time.
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Thank You Rena and David Nicholl for this additional info.
Best regards
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As well as a carter, I have a "deputy dockmaster" in my ancestry so following your query about a carter I decided to see how busy the chap would be. I had quite a shock when I saw there were several enormous bonded warehouses several storeys high.
A bonded warehouse, also known as a customs warehouse, is a secure facility where imported goods can be stored before customs duties and taxes are paid
Specifically, Leith was granted one of only six licenses in Scotland for storing whisky under bond in 1822. This marked a shift in the warehouse usage, as whisky, initially considered a lower-class drink, gained prominence.
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Rena,
Hi, bonds aka bonded warehouses were when historically where whisky and other spirits were stored for maturation. Historically duty was paid after this process.
There were several distilleries in Edinburgh and Leith.
Crabbies and Drambuie had premises in Leith.
Some interesting information here.
https://www.tartanspoon.co.uk/home/drink-crabbies-distillery-leith.
https://crabbiewhisky.com/the-john-crabbie-co-story/
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Rena,
Hi, bonds aka bonded warehouses were when historically where whisky and other spirits were stored for maturation. Historically duty was paid after this process.
There were several distilleries in Edinburgh and Leith.
Crabbies and Drambuie had premises in Leith.
Some interesting information here.
https://www.tartanspoon.co.uk/home/drink-crabbies-distillery-leith.
https://crabbiewhisky.com/the-john-crabbie-co-story/
Hi David,
All very interesting, especially to those who are researching this part of the UK.
I was born and brought up in the port of Kington Upon Hull, England and once (in the 1950s) was taken into the town's warehouses by the River Humber. One particular warehouse held 7,000 cattle!! I hasten to add that I didn't count them - I was given the information lol