Where is Glendinning?

[NewRhi]

Hi there,
I have found some IGI records where the birthplace is listed as "Glendinning, Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scotland" and wondered where and what is Glendinning?  The record is from 1794.
Thank you

[saddles]

Google brings up the following:
Glendinning Hope, Westerkirk, Langholm, Dumfriesshire DG13 0NN, UK
      

[NewRhi]

 :)thanks, there looks like a nice place to stay there if I ever get a chance!  I still don't get it though(I mean was it a village/a farm/an estate???).  Maybe if someone local comes on the forum tomorrow they can explain it. 

[maidmarianoops]

http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_glendinning/

some info on here


sylvia

[Ruskie]

From Genuki:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/DFS/Westerkirk/index.html

[Ruskie]

Thomas Teford was born at Glendinning. Wiki has this to say:

Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles west of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (d.1794)

I also found these descriptions of the area in relation to Thomas Telford:

The hamlet of Westerkirk, with its parish church and school, lies in a narrow part of the valley, a few miles above Langholm. Westerkirk parish is long and narrow, its boundaries being the hill-tops on either side of the dale. It is about seven miles long and two broad, with a population of about 600 persons of all ages.

Telford's father was a herd on the sheep-farm of Glendinning. The farm consists of green hills, lying along the valley of the Meggat, a little burn, which descends from the moorlands on the east, and falls into the Esk near the hamlet of Westerkirk.

So ... it was a farm. 

It's highly likely that your family knew the Telfords. 

[Ruskie]

I have found Glendinning on this map:
http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/view/?rsid=74400172&sid=74400173&mid=555

You can zoom in and use the hand to move around the map. In the peach coloured parish area (Westerkirk) follow the river Meggotwater northwards. Glendinng is near the top of the parish, just to the left of the "T" of "Westerkirk". There appear to only be a few buildings marked on the map to denote Glendinning.

Compare the old map to google maps. On google maps I can see Jamestown, and Glendinning Burn, but I can't see any buildings where Glendinning is marked on the old map. Looks like isolated and beautiful countryside.

[Johnner Kid]

DGFHS have an original copy of the Crawford Survey Map of 1828.
It looks as if it is very similar to the source Ruskie refers to to.
Here is a snip showing Glendinning.  As Ruskie says the current OS maps do not show any buildings.
Sy

[Ruskie]

Hi Johnner Kid,
While searching for a map showing Glendinning I found a previous post of yours which referred to the Crawford map. I was just about to PM you to ask if you could find Glendinning, then I came across the map in my link. They look virtually the same don't they? I prefer the colour in the Crawford map though.