Moulbrasehill

[Kavill]

I wonder if Moulbrasehill means anything to anyone? It’s from a St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh baptism entry from 1768 “James Simpson skinner in Moulbrasehill & Mary Peat a son John born 14th inst witt”.

The nearest I can come up with is Braid Hill to the south of Edinburgh, but that wouldn’t explain the Moul!

Many thanks,
Keith

[Kay99]

Had a look at the image and wonder whether it could be Moulbrasekill??  Not that I can see where it is 

Kay

[Kay99]

However it does look like hill on this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/216390243#zoom=5&lat=3356&lon=2885&layers=BT

Kay

Multrees Hill? https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/93671-edinburghs-classic-seven-hills/

[Kavill]

Thank you, Kay, well done. I’d also considered if it was kill rather than hill, but the h does seem to match others on the same page.

Maybe it started out as Mulberry Hill? Just a thought!

Keith

[Kay99]

This is another site re the hill     

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01rr4/

Kay

[Kavill]

Some interesting bits and pieces amongst that. It mentions that French weavers tried unsuccessfully to produce silk there. Digging around I came up with this from The Scotsman:

“It is also written that the workers began a plantation of mulberry trees on the slopes of nearby Moultray’s Hill - later giving rise to the name of Multrees Walk between St Andrew Square and the St James Centre in 2003. However, the likelihood of the French migrants being responsible for this plantation is also shrouded in doubt.”

So perhaps Moulbrase, one way or another, does have a mulberry connection!

Keith

[Kay99]

Very interesting - I lived with a stone's throw of it many years ago and had certainly never heard of it

Kay