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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: place names
In Response To: place names ()

lesley - I seriously suggest you read Manxnotebook - the IoM is quite different from England, the Balla-names (and there are some 700+ of them) are farmsteads and as many manx names reflect geographic position/location they will repeat in several parishes (eg Ballachrink/b'cronk etc = hill farm) - look up gazateer