East Kilbride ?

[loz_scotland]

Hi,
       I have an OPR birth record for Robert Wilson East Kilbride 1825 . There is a name that I cannot decipher which I think may be the place or farm that they lived, can anyone help out

Thanks Laura

[hume]

Hi Laura,

Welcome to RootsChat!

Hmmm, I think you have misread! Tinnoch (the last word on that line) is Elizabeth's maiden name.

Another daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth named Jean was christened 1823 in East Kilbride. The IGI entry confirms mother's name.

hume24

[loz_scotland]

Hi again,
                 yes I have the Tinnoch but it is the word above that beginning with a B , maybe Birkenhill or hall  .

Laura

[apanderson]

Hi Laura,

Welcome from me too!  

Is it the word at the right hand side just above Tinnoch which says something like Brank......hall?

I'm not familiar with that area but hopefully someone will be along soon who has the answer.

Anne

Sorry! Computer is going as slow as a week in the jail tonight

[Jassy]

Hi Laura
I think it's probably Brancumhall,all built up
with houses now.

Janet

[hume]

Oops!!     I totally missed that word, taking it to be from the previous baptism. The name is Brancumhall or, as spelt in the image, Brankumhall.

hume24

Janet posted first.

[loz_scotland]

Thanks for the welcomes and the help. Does anyone know what that would have been around 1825 was it a hamlet or a farm or was there an actual hall there where my ancestor may have worked ?

    Laura

[Jassy]

Hi Laura
Sorry,but I got that wrong about it having been built up,it's
a recreation ground.Go here and see.


http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/SLL_WEBSITE/Home/Outdoor_Recreation/Brancumhall_Recreation_Area


Janet

[hume]

Hi Janet,

You are correct when you said it was built up with houses! There are playing fields around it though. On the site of Brancumhall, there is Brancumhall Road, which leads onto a few housing estates.

I've attached an old map with the farm/estate on it.