I have a copy of the marriage record of ancestors marrying in Newlands, Peebles
One of the places mentioned looks like Qualkquain or Dualkquain - I tried to make it into Traquair as this was the only place nearby I could find with a q in it but I don't think it is. It says this place is in the parish of what looks like "Libertown." I just can't work it out.
Any clues anyone? thank you.
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08-12-2012, 10:54 AM #1
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Transcribing difficulties!
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08-12-2012, 12:38 PM #2Jan1954Guest
A couple of suggestions:
Could Libertown be Libberton?
Could Qualkquain or Dualkquain be Quothquan, which is about 2 miles south of Libberton?
Both of these places are very close to Newlands.
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08-12-2012, 1:08 PM #3malcolm99Guest
Quothquan village is/was in the parish of Libberton 5 miles NW of Biggar. It could be this - see 'Libberton' in Groome's 'Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland' (1896). If you haven't a copy to hand on your bookshelves
() then click on the blue crest on this page and search for Libberton>
https://www.
gazetteerofscotland.org.uk/
It'd be worth a look.I haven't found anything else in old histories of Peebleshire.
Edit: Well done Jan - I was just plodding along in my own sweet way quite oblivious of the work you'd done!Last edited by malcolm99; 08-12-2012 at 1:11 PM. Reason: Jan beat me to it
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08-12-2012, 6:33 PM #4
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Thank you very much , Jan and Michael. Yes I think it is Quothquan and maybe Libertown was an old way of writing Libberton. That's really helpful.
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