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Offline GordonFindlay

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Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« on: Saturday 24 May 25 11:00 BST (UK) »
Hi

I'm looking at where my deeply interconnected relatives who were fisherman in Arbroath lived.

Names like Cargill, Swankie, Spink, Shepherd, Smith, Pert, Coull abound.

There is often mention of the 'fit o the toon' - an area initially made available to fishers moving into Arbroath. Has anyone seen a definition of the area?

It'll likely be informal, and include Ladybridge, South St, John St, Union St East, Old Shore Head. But how far was the area understood to reach?

[Some are obvious: in 1901, of the 40 households in  South St, 31 included fishermen. Some of the others were one-person households, being widowed women.]

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Findlay - Aberdeen, Angus
Shepherd - Angus
Cargill, Swankie, Spink  - Angus
Melvin - Aberdeen
Coull - Angus, Aberdeen
Strachan - Kincardine, Aberdeen
Steven, Steen. Stein, Dunsmore, Burt, Prentice, Maxwell, Montgomery  - Lanark

Offline David Nicoll

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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 24 May 25 12:17 BST (UK) »
Hi this seems to give a definition, see map at the bottom of the document.

https://www.angus.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2017-08/Arbroath%20Final%20Draft.pdf
Nicoll, Small - Scotland Dennis - Lincolnshire, Baldwin - Notts. Gordon, Fletcher Deeside

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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 24 May 25 12:25 BST (UK) »
That pdf has 110 pages, and there is no map ‘at the bottom’. I found this map on page 20; see area surrounded by dashed line.

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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 24 May 25 13:41 BST (UK) »
Apologies, but it does give a map.
Nicoll, Small - Scotland Dennis - Lincolnshire, Baldwin - Notts. Gordon, Fletcher Deeside


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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 24 May 25 13:42 BST (UK) »
Apologies, but it does give a map.

Apologies from me too, my post sounded a bit cross didn’t it? I just wanted to save others the search for the map.
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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 24 May 25 13:50 BST (UK) »
I included the whole document as it had quite a bit of interesting info, just missed the fact the map was only on page 20!
Nicoll, Small - Scotland Dennis - Lincolnshire, Baldwin - Notts. Gordon, Fletcher Deeside

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Re: Arbroath - 'Fit o the toon'
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 24 May 25 22:47 BST (UK) »
Alan, David

Many thanks!  Just what I need.

And that's quite a document in so many ways. Lots of great details amongst the fluff.

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Gordon
Findlay - Aberdeen, Angus
Shepherd - Angus
Cargill, Swankie, Spink  - Angus
Melvin - Aberdeen
Coull - Angus, Aberdeen
Strachan - Kincardine, Aberdeen
Steven, Steen. Stein, Dunsmore, Burt, Prentice, Maxwell, Montgomery  - Lanark