Village in Maybole district 1816 - Holegerd? Holegend?

[barbatalice]

I have attached part of an OPR birth registration Maybole district 1816
Can someone tell me the name of the village please - looks like Holegerd or Holegend to me

Barb

[portybelle]

Could it be Holford? I can see that coming up as a family name in Maybole on a few weblinks so maybe name lent itself to place - or vice versa? The other thing I wondered was Holyend?

[Panrider]

Hi again Barb!

It looks to me like either Holeford or Haleford. I've never heard of it but it's probably a farm. Do you know if it is Maybole town or the parish?

I will ask my father who knows the old farm names - many have wither been absorbed by other farms or have changed names.

Catherine

[Panrider]

Sorry Barb, I jumped the gun. It's Slateford Farm, Maybole. 

Try these links:

http://www.curiousfox.com/surnames/Farquhar_1.html
http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carrickscapital/adamsale.htm

It also seems to have been a village - again I will ask Dad.
Catherine

[barbatalice]

Yes you are right!
Thank you so much

I see now that the capital letter is an S not an H
I really will have to bone up on early 19th century script - especially capitals
I think it was a bit mean of the record writer not to have crossed the "t" !

My ancestors Gavin DICK and wife Sarah PARKER were  agricultural labourers/outdoor workers so they would most likely have been employed on a farm

I look forward to reading what your dad has to say about the farm & village

May I pick your/your dad's brains on this:
In the OPR birth record, five of the DICK/PARKER children are listed together  starting with the youngest 1816, then in order 1808,  1810, 1812, 1814.
Do you have any idea why they were all recorded at the same time ie 1816?

Barb

[Panrider]

Hi Barb
Most likely it was just the record keeper catching up. At that time children were usually baptised within a few days of birth 9the mrotatlity rate being quite high) so it's unlikely they were all being baptised at the same time, though not impossible. You sometimes find that in the Victorian era coming up to Statutory Registration in 1855.

http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/view/?rsid=74400168&sid=74400170&mid=547

Try pasting in the above link. If it works it will take you to a 1856 map of Ayrshire. Find Maybole. A road goes north from the town and you'll find Slateford on it, about an inch or so above the town. It's almost direct opposite High Grange Farm where my cousin farms and is right among a group of farms farmed by my father's family.  It gets a mention in a 1944 Gazeteer but to the best of my knowledge there is nothing left of it.

Will be in touch with Dad's recollections asap.

Catherine
Catherine