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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 22 June 16 16:38 BST (UK) »
A little more about the Dingwall connection:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24579645

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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 22 June 16 16:39 BST (UK) »
Quote from: mikegunnill on Wednesday 22 June 16 10:50 BST (UK)
This is more 1824 to 1835.  I take your point about holidays.

Mike

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (the current ferry company) was founded in 1830.
There were other shipping companies before this, but they were a bit irregular?!

The Isle of Man had a Garrison, at Castle Rushen, Castletown.
Was there any military service?

Quote from: jaywit on Wednesday 22 June 16 11:18 BST (UK)
BTW I went past Tynwald in the I of M last week. I thought it would be on a hilltop which it isn't

What you went past was Tynwald Hill - allegedly built using stones and soil from all 17 island parishes. It is all of 12ft high!
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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 22 June 16 16:57 BST (UK) »
Yes I had always got the impression it was something much higher than it actually is.
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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 22 June 16 17:06 BST (UK) »
But then the politicians might fall off?! ;D

The Lieutenant Governor, together with the Sword-Bearer and the officers and members of the Legislative Council, occupy the highest level of the Hill; officers and members of the House of Keys occupy the next level. Other officials are accommodated on the lower levels and at the foot of the mound. A tent covers the top platform.
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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #13 on: Monday 02 January 17 19:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi Mike

My wife and I have recently purchased Clyme House in the grounds of Tynwald in Hythe and I too am researching Tynwald with a view to producing a small local interest book. Did anyone ever reply to your question? Are you still researching the property and would you be willing to share information gathered?

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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #14 on: Monday 02 January 17 19:38 GMT (UK) »
Hello:

I was researching Lionel Lukin the inventor of the lifeboat, who lived in Hythe before his death.  My information at the time was that he lived in Tynwald, Hythe, this proved to be incorrect.

Sorry I couldn't help


Good luck

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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #15 on: Monday 02 January 17 19:56 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: KGarrad on Wednesday 22 June 16 10:36 BST (UK)


(Kind of strange that the English Parliament is often called "the mother of Parliaments"?!)



Yes it is often called that, often by MPs who should know better.  The actual quote is from the mid-Victorian writer John Bright who said "England is the mother of parliaments".  Being mid-Victorian he quite possibly meant Britain.

He also originated the phrase "muddle through" but he applied that to the USA, so here's hoping.

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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 10 January 17 17:19 GMT (UK) »
Liverpool and Wirral like the Isle of Man were once governed by Scandinavian Parliaments:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingwall_Hall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingwall


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Re: Origin of the name Tynwald?
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 27 April 17 21:15 BST (UK) »
it was (+ still is) a custom for Manx emigrants to name house, township etc after a place on the Island that has some significance for them
Hythe was possibly still a port then and many Manx joined (or were impressed into) the RN and retired often near a
port - trace back the owners and see if there is a distinctive Manx name  -
 the Island became a holiday resort from late 1830s - and for working class of NW England from the 1870s
any thing with a Manx Connection
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