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Giggleswick place name
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I read Akewith. There is an Ackworth on old maps.
On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 at 07:55, Jane Lucas via <janelucas=[email protected]> wrote:
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开云体育Thank you so much for that. I missed that map. ‘Ackworth’ is definitely correct. ?A survey of English Placenames gives the historical form as?
I missed that map completely! Regards Jane
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开云体育It could be an area around the church,as it has the same name.
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From: "Jane Lucas via groups.io" <janelucas@...>
Date: 14/12/2023 20:55 (GMT+00:00)
To: Yorkshire Genealogy <[email protected]>
Subject: [yorksgen] Giggleswick place name
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I have a baptism for ‘Adam son of Thomas Wilson Akewith’ 26 May 1715 St. Alkelda's Church,? Giggleswick. I can’t find any place name ‘Akewith’ only Austwick, which is a parish contiguous with Giggleswick. I wonder if someone can help please,? is it Akewith? Thanks Jane |
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North Yorkshire Record office used to have a good collection of old maps on their website but I can no longer find them.
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The best collection of old maps is on the NLS website. There are various types (including maps of England & Wales), most that you need are in 'Series'. Try the 25" maps ,-2.30098&i=125633305 Martin Briscoe martin@... Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507), MyHeritage MH-4MN878 -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jane Lucas via groups.io Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 8:58 AM To: Yorkshire Genealogy <[email protected]> Subject: [yorksgen] Giggleswick place name Hello I have a baptism for ‘Adam son of Thomas Wilson Akewith’ 26 May 1715 St. Alkelda's Church, Giggleswick. I can’t find any place name ‘Akewith’ only Austwick, which is a parish contiguous with Giggleswick. I wonder if someone can help please, is it Akewith? Thanks Jane |
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Ackworth does seem likely (not to be confused with the parish of that name, near Pontefract). This link should show side by side maps (old and modern) with Ackworth in the middle:
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Do you think it should read Ackworth which is near Pontefract. Hilary Jackson On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 20:55, Jane Lucas via <janelucas=[email protected]> wrote: Hello |
开云体育It is sometimes worth a search in the newspaper archive for a place name, there will be lots of transcriptions but it might find somewhere that is not in map gazetteer.? ? If there is a good HER (Historic Environment Record) for your area then search there as might find a house or farm name – I usually do this on Canmore in Scotland but there is no real equivalent in England though Wales has ARCHWILIO. ? ? ? ? Martin Briscoe martin@... Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507), MyHeritage MH-4MN878 |
开云体育Thanks allYes it’s Ackworth, just outside Giggleswick. Jennifer sent a link to an old map that is on GENUKI Thank you all for your input.? Jane On 15 Dec 2023, at 18:13, Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop) <list@...> wrote:
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