Wick Street Names

[Mosser]

Thank you for that Mosser. I've looked at the death certificate again and it does say Farquhars Close, but that could have been a mistake on the part of the Registrar. There was no number by the way.
I agree with Golach regarding the names, when I lived in Edinburgh I noticed folk saying 'up oor close' etc. even if they lived in a tenament they seemed to refer to the Hallway as the Close. I must say I dont remember this in Wick in my day - but who knows !

I've gone through my file for that family and didn't come across anyone else with that address. I'll keep searching.

Many thanks for your help.
Trinkie

I have just come across writing from pre WW1 and the writer talks about Farquhars Close as being between Betsy Mowat's pie shop and Billy Sinclairs cycle shop, this is the exact location which today is between Hugo Ross' tackle shop and Boots Chemist, you can still see where the lane was. perhaps the Registrar knew it by that name?

Mosser

[trinkie]

Well, well... so it was there all the time.
Many thanks for spotting that Mosser.
Is that a very narrow lane opposite Cabrelli's? There was once a Cobbler there ?
Would the hoosies have been 'high rise?' sort of tenament, and very dark if I've got the right place.

Many thanks
Trinkie

[Mosser]

Well, well... so it was there all the time.
Many thanks for spotting that Mosser.
Is that a very narrow lane opposite Cabrelli's? There was once a Cobbler there ?
Would the hoosies have been 'high rise?' sort of tenament, and very dark if I've got the right place.

Many thanks
Trinkie

when you worked in the insurance office it was directly across the road between Charlie Begg's and Bowle's bakery, maybe about 100 years ago!! just feels like that! the entry you were thinking about was Alexandra Court between Nicolsons and Dan Dunnett's.

Mosser

[trinkie]

Thank you Mosser , I think I know where you are now - and Thank you for reminding me about the old Insurance Office - now that would make a good Thread....
The shops that you mentioned prompted me to look up the old Shops Thread, and I have resurrected it for further reading !!
I think William Lyall wrote a poem about the old shoppies.

Trinkie

[Chligh]

Where does Moray Street come from?

[jock leith]

Lived in Owen Place for years and it was named after a doctor called Owen Owen yes he was so good they named him twice
J Leith

I'm claiming Leith Walk

[wicker8]

dont really know about any off the names i was brought up in murchison st and i now live in upper dunbar st i seem to remember some one calld sir george dunbar and thats why the street was named after him he was on the council but im not dead sure

[wicker8]

hi just checked my title deeds and its named after a duff dunbar

[Mosser]

Where does Moray Street come from?

Chilgh
The Right Honourable the Earl of Moray, BFS shareholder like almost all of the names in Pulteneytown

[Mosser]

dont really know about any off the names i was brought up in murchison st and i now live in upper dunbar st i seem to remember some one calld sir george dunbar and thats why the street was named after him he was on the council but im not dead sure

wicker8

LOWER / UPPER DUNBAR STREET Sir Benjamin Dunbar of Hempriggs

MURCHISON STREET Kenneth Murchison. BPS Shareholder.

and someone mentioned Nicolson St and for a change this was not named after a BFS sharerholder but Provost William Nicolson elected a Baillie in 1894; became Provost in 1896 until the amalgamation of Wick and Pulteneytown in 1902 Elected Dean of Guild until 1907

[MusicWicker]

Think this website has been mentioned before but this link allows you to overlay todays map or satellite pic onto the 1872 map of Wick....

http://geo.nls.uk/maps/towns/wick/openlayers.html

[wicker8]

wicker8

LOWER / UPPER DUNBAR STREET Sir Benjamin Dunbar of Hempriggs

MURCHISON STREET Kenneth Murchison. BPS Shareholder.

and someone mentioned Nicolson St and for a change this was not named after a BFS sharerholder but Provost William Nicolson elected a Baillie in 1894; became Provost in 1896 until the amalgamation of Wick and Pulteneytown in 1902 Elected Dean of Guild until 1907

hi mosser yes your right thanks for that

[quality]

Does anyone know where 13 Francis Street was I can not find it on any maps old or new?

[Kevin Milkins]

Does anyone know where 13 Francis Street was I can not find it on any maps old or new?

There seems to be a great deal of interest at the moment in where 13 Francis Street used to be.

I had a walk down the street today and I think the town side of the old West Church looks probable.

[Mosser]

Does anyone know where 13 Francis Street was I can not find it on any maps old or new?

There were houses in behind the row of terraced housing on the Francis St Thurso St corner, access was from Thurso Street but I'm sure that they were included in Francis St numbering.

Mosser

[quality]

There were houses in behind the row of terraced housing on the Francis St Thurso St corner, access was from Thurso Street but I'm sure that they were included in Francis St numbering.

Mosser

Thanks very much.

I think I may have found where it was now the link below shows No 10 to the right and a ally to the left which may have led to Nos 11,12,13.although I can not find anything late 1800s street map.




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[quality]

Here is the old map.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...1265006137.png

[quality]

Found it at last.

Its shown on the 1965 map as No 13 its actually on Dempster street about 12foot away from No 51 which is still standing.

The entrance was from Francis Street.

Here is a link to a photo of No 13 its just above the horse and cart if you copy it and blow it up you can see the side and the rear of No 13 clearly.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...sterStWick.jpg

[Blarney]

Something has just occurred to me - we don't have a Quality Street in Week!!

[sweetpea]

I came accross McLeod St, not to be confused with McLeod Rd. Seems it was layed out to be a street behind Norton Place as an entry to a new street that was never built.