Isle of Man, Historic Places

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Location: British Isles
Surnames/tags: Isle of Man Kingdom of the Isles

Historical Placenames of The Isle of Man

Manannán's Isle is situated in the centre of the Irish Sea (Mòr Manaw). Included are the outliers, The Calf of Man; St. Patrick's Isle; St. Michael's Isle. The coasts of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are visible from Snaefell (Sniaull), the highest point on the Isle of Man.

Eubonia is a name found in Latin texts for the Isle of Man. ^[1]

A New Atlas & Gazetteer of the Isle of Man; 1867 may help with the historic spelling of place names within parishes.

Wikipedia : Local government in the Isle of Man

Sheading

Historically, the administrative divisions (gurneilys ynnydagh) in the Isle of Man were organised in six Sheadings (sheadinyn):- Glenfaba; Michael; Ayre; Garff; Middle; Rushen.

Each Sheading is divided into parishes ( Skeerey - now referred to as "ancient parishes")

Glenfaba -

Patrick

German

Marown

Michael -

Jurby (Jourbee)

Michael (Maayl)

Ballaugh (Balley ny Loughey)

Ayre -

Bride

Andreas

Lezayre

Garff -

Maughold

Lonan

Onchan (Kione Droghad)

Middle -

Onchan

Braddan

Santan

Rushen-

Malew,

Rushen (Rosien)

Arbory

Treen (Treein)

Treens might pay their ecclesiastical tithes to one parish, but their Lord's Rent to another

For a list of Treens with spellings from 1511, see - Manx.net - Treens and Quarterlands -- ed: Frances Coakley

Quarterland

Treens are divided into quarterlands, most about 50 to 180 acres in size. Quarterlands were the units of landholding; from the early 16th century, they may have been sub-divided into smaller farms, the smaller farms continuing to be identified with the original quarterland.

Intack

An Intake, is a 16th C. term for waste land taken into cultivation, the enclosure common land.

Curragh

The Curraghs or the Ballaugh Curraghs are a wetland with damp meadows in Ballaugh parish in the north-west of the Isle of Man. The Curragh also has many smaller land holdings not associated with quarterlands. see Wikipedia : Curraghs

1. ↑ Annala Uladh : AU 577: Primum periculum Uloth in Eufania & AU:578 Reversio Uloth de Eumania - trans: Celt: The Annals of Ulster : AU: 577.5 - The first expedition of the Ulaid in Man & AU: 578:2 - The return of the Ulaid from Man

See Also

• Treen og keelil et Førnosk Jorddelingsprinsipp På de Britiske øyene by Prof Carl J.S. Markstander pub: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap Bind VIII, Oslo, 1937 Discussion :- this administrative system was present during the Norwegian period; with roots deep in the Pre-Norwegian Celtic community in Man.
• JSTOR Treens and Quarterlands: A Study of the Land System of the Isle of Man by Elwyn Davies - journal article in Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers) No. 22 (1956), pp. 97-116 (22 pages) pub: Wiley - https://doi.org/10.2307/621201 -- https://www.jstor.org/stable/621201