Placenames of the Isle of Man: Volume 7 Douglas and Appendices 9783110928952, 9783484401358

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George Broderick PLACENAMES OF THE ISLE OF MAN

George Broderick

PLACENAMES OF THE ISLE OF MAN Volume Seven DOUGLAS and Appendices compiled under the auspices of the Manx Place-Name Survey

Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen

2005

Da N y Manninee Dooie

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

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Preface

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Map of Douglas

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Abbreviations & Bibliography Douglas

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Place-Name Addenda

236

Field-Name Addenda

255

Place-Names and the Physical and Human Geography of the Isle of Man: an Overview (Peter J. Davey) Pre-Scandinavian Place-Names in the Isle of Man (George Broderick)

325 337

The Scandinavian Element in the Place-Names of the Isle of Man (Gillian Fellows-Jensen)

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Common Elements in Manx Place-Names (George Broderick)

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Index of Place-Name Elements

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Index of Place-Names

463

Index of Field-Names

632

Index of Personal Names

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Parish Maps

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Manx Place-Name Survey is most grateful to the following for their generous financial support towards the work that has resulted in this volume, the seventh, on the place-names of the Isle of Man: To the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, for financial support towards research visits to Man during the semester vacations summer 2002 to spring 2004. To the Chairman and Members of the Manx Heritage Foundation for financial assistance 2002-2004 towards the task in hand. To the Chairman and Trustees of Manx National Heritage for financial assistance 2002-2004 towards the task in hand. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for their invaluable help and criticism in the preparation of this work: To the consultants Rev. Robert L Thomson, former Reader in Celtic Studies, University of Leeds, and Dr. Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Institut for Navneforskning, University of Copenhagen, for the benefit of their expertise and advice in the analysis and interpretation of the Gaelic, Scandinavian, and other elements in the place-name text of this corpus. To retired headmaster and Manx local historian Mr. Fred Radcliffe, Onchan, for the benefit of his specialised local knowledge and advice regarding existing names and his recommendation for additional material to be included. To Lady Eva Wilson, Castletown, for additional information concerning Castletown place-names. To Nigel. G. Crowe, Douglas, for additional detailed information concerning houses, gardens, streets, etc, in Douglas (NGC2003) with useful crossreferences to his Survey of Douglas (SD), Vol. 1 (2001). To Stephen Miller, Onchan / Vienna, for bringing to my attention several manuscripts containing field- and other names. To Allen S. Moore, Peel, and Raymond H. Moore, Onchan, for additional place- and field-name material. To Philippa Tomlinson and Nick Johnson, Centre for Manx Studies, for their expertise in preparing the Figures and Parish Maps respectively.

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In addition grateful acknowledgement is also made to the following: To members of Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh (Manx Language Society), especially to Mr. Juan Crellin, St. Jude's, Kirk Andreas, for setting up initial contacts for the oral part of this Survey. To the informants themselves, the many Manx men and women, many of whom have now passed on, who willingly and enthusiastically gave their time and energy in furnishing the Survey with the benefit of their knowledge of Manx place-names. To Mr. Roger Sims, Archivist and Librarian, and the staff at the Manx National Heritage Library, Douglas, for their generous help and assistance in providing access to the documentary material and for use of the Map of Douglas. To the staff of the Department of Local Government and the Environment (Isle of Man Government) for access to the Ordnance Survey Object Name Books for all seven volumes. To the Manx Place-Name Survey Trust and the Centre for Manx Studies (University of Liverpool), Douglas, for their assistance and support. To all these I would like to extend my sincerest thanks and gratitude for their support and encouragement. George Broderick, Universität Mannheim. April 2005.

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PREFACE 1. Studies in Manx place-names Apart from the products of map-makers, the first known work on Manx placenames is that by A. W. Moore The Surnames and Placenames of the Isle of Man (Moore 1890b). This short work essentially contains a list of place-name elements found in Manx nomenclature with comments on or a short discussion of their meaning and distribution. The first known systematic and comprehensive survey of Manx place-names (in so far as collections of place-names had been extracted from documentary sources, assembled chronologically and conclusions arrived at through scientific discussion) was made by the Manx local historian J. J. Kneen in his sixvolumed Place-Names of the Isle of Man (Kneen 1925-28). This was followed shortly afterwards by Carl J. S. Marstrander, Professor of Celtic at the University of Oslo, whose work Det norske landnam pä Man 'The Norse settlement of Man' (Marstrander 1932) looks essentially at the Old Norse content of Manx place-names with some discussion of the phonological problems involved. Marstrander followed this in 1934 with his "Remarks on the Place-Names of the Isle of Man" (Marstrander 1934), which comments on Kneen's conclusions. Marstrander's main contribution on Manx place-names (Marstrander 1932) is in Norwegian and as such remained a "closed book" to many scholars until relatively recently (though an English translation was made 1956-60 for use at the Manx Museum Library only; cf. Marstrander 1932). In 1929 W. Walter Gill contributed a considerable number of names to do with well-, road- and place-lore in his Manx Scrapbook (Gill 1929) and to an extent again in his Third Manx Scrapbook (Gill 1963). As most of the information derives from oral tradition his contribution is useful, even if some of the spelling forms and explanations could be regarded as uncertain or antiquarian. In 1970-71, as part of the then ongoing debate concerning the proportion of Old Norse and Gaelic speakers in Man during the Scandinavian period (10th13th cent.), Margaret Gelling contributed two important articles on Manx placenames (Gelling 1970, 1971), examining their early forms and elements as found

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in pre-16th-century sources, arguing for an ON hegemony and a reintroduction of Gaelic into Man after the Scandinavian period. These were followed in 1976, as part of the same debate, by Basil Megaw (Megaw 1976(1978)). He set Manx place-names in the context of a reassessment of the evidence relating to the Scandinavian period, dating a vital source about 100 years earlier. He argued for a continued Gaelic presence in Man throughout the same period. Additional contributions on aspects of Manx place-names to date include Eleanor Megaw (Megaw 1978), Gillian Fellows-Jensen (Fellows-Jensen 1983, 1985, 1993), Robert L. Thomson (Thomson 1978, 1991), William & Constance Radcliffe (Radcliffe 1978 & [1983]), Margaret Gelling (Gelling 1991), and George Broderick (Broderick 1978, 1979b-1982, 1987, 1993). 2. The Manx Place-Name Survey The Manx Place-Name Survey was set up in late 1988 at the University of Mannheim, with Robert L. Thomson (ex University of Leeds) and Gillian Fellows-Jensen (University of Copenhagen) as academic consultants for the Gaelic and Scandinavian material respectively. The need for the establishment of a formal Manx Place-Name Survey was recognised in 1978 when Manx local historians William & Constance Radcliffe published their Maughold and Ramsey Place-Names (Radcliffe 1978). This book made clear that there was much more place-name material from documentary sources than hitherto realised awaiting collection and analysis. Up until then, the only comprehensive works devoted to Manx place-names had been those of Kneen and Marstrander referred to above. The Radcliffes claimed that their material extended to some eight times the amount collected by Kneen for the same parish (Maughold). In 1983 they followed their 1978 book with Kirk Bride - a Miscellany (Radcliffe n.d. [1983]), which contains place-names and other material from the parish of Bride. Both books made clear that a systematic survey of place-names from all 17 parishes, 4 towns, and numerous villages, etc, was a desideratum, particularly a collection from oral sources, since those who would know the older names and their pronunciation would be elderly and would not be amongst us indefinitely.

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This urgency was recognised by Professor Dr. Mäirtin 0 Murchu, then Director of the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, who in the summer of 1989 made funds available to enable a four-week field trip to be undertaken from Mannheim (August 1989) with the sole purpose of recording on reel-to-reel tape place-name material and associated traditions from oral sources within the island. The University of Mannheim provided an Uher 4000 Report L tape recorder and tapes for the purpose. The DIAS also funded two further similar field trips to Man (February and August 1990). For the August trip financial assistance was also forthcoming from Rev. Robert L. Thomson and the Manx Heritage Foundation. In the course of the three field trips some 75 people were interviewed and sound-recorded. During 1989 applications were made from Mannheim to the German funding agencies Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Volkswagenwerk-Stiftung to enable full time work on the Survey to take place, but these proved unsuccessful. In April 1989 discussions were entered into with my colleague and friend Dr. Emrys Evans, then Professor of Irish at the University of Wales at Aber-ystwyth, with a view to seeking substantial funding for the project from private sources within the United Kingdom. Shortly before, in March 1989, the then University Grants Committee had evidently declared Aberystwyth to be the main "centre" for Celtic Studies in the UK. During subsequent meetings with Professor Evans (held on a regular basis at the University of Liverpool, where he was then Visiting Professor of Irish at the Institute of Irish Studies) the possibility was discussed of bringing the Manx Place-Name Survey under the aegis of Aberystwyth, as representing the "Manx" aspect of Celtic Studies there, to facilitate funding potential from within the UK. Professor Evans gave every assistance in this respect. As a result a successful application was made by him in May 1990 to the London-based Leverhulme Trust for a substantial grant to enable full-time work on the Survey to be undertaken for a period of three years, namely from October 1990 to September 1993. The Leverhulme funding made possible the following. First, completion of the oral part of the Survey for the whole island, which resulted in more than 180 informants being recorded on tape and some 20 or so others in phonetic

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script, of whom more than 80% to date are now deceased. Second, completion of the collection of place-name material from all pre-16th-century documentation and all map and field-name material for the whole island. Third, extraction, compilation and analysis of place-name material from all relevant documentary sources for the Sheading of Glenfaba, the subject of the first volume. In May 1993 a contract was entered into with Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tubingen, for the publication of an anticipated seven volumes in the Manx PlaceNames Series. September 1994 saw the publication of Vol. 1 Sheading of Glenfaba, April 1995 Vol. 2 Sheading of Michael, April 1997 Vol. 3 Sheading of Ayre, September 1999 Vol. 4 Sheading of Garff September 2000 Vol. 5 Sheading of Middle, August 2002 Vol. 6 Sheading of Rushen. Vol. 7 Douglas and Appendices was completed in April 2005. From 1991 to 1996 additional funding for the Survey was forthcoming from the British Academy. In December 1994 the Manx Place-Name Survey Trust was established to co-ordinate financial support for the Survey from within the Isle of Man. In November 1997 it was assisted in this task by the Centre for Manx Studies (University of Liverpool). From July 1998 to September 2004 financial assistance towards Vols. 5, 6 and 7 was also provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn. GB.

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TOWN OF DOUGLAS Abbreviations and Bibliography

Parishes AN - Andreas, AR - Arbory, BA - Ballaugh, BN - Braddan, BR - Bride; GE - German, JU Jurby, LE - Kirk Christ Lezayre, LO - Lonan, MA - Maughold, MI - Michael, ML - Malew, MR - Marown, ON - Onchan, PA - Patrick, RU - Kirk Christ Rushen, SA - Santan.

Towns and villages BS - Ballasalla, CO - Colby, CT - Castletown, DG - Douglas, DA - Dalby, FO - Foxdale, G O - Gordon, LA - Laxey, PE - Port Erin, PL - Peel, PSM - Port St. Mary, RY - Ramsey, StJ St. John's, SU - Sulby.

Primary and secondary sources and other abbreviations used A - acre (12A = 12 acres); A R Ρ - acre, rood, perch (land measurement). AB - Abbeyland Bounds or Limites (attached to CM ca.1280); see Broderick 1979a, 1995. AbCott. - Abbeyland Cottage/Croft. AbD - Abbey Demesne (Kirk Malew). AbF - Abbeyland Farm. AbL/al - Abbeyland. AbQL - Abbeyland Quarterland. AbR - Abbey Rentals (1786-1911) MM. AbTR - Abbeyland Treen. AC Β - Abbey Composition Book (1666 (part), 1704) MM. See also LM. AD - Asylum Drawings (1830s; used as basis for Tithe Plans (TP)). adj. - adjoining. als - alias (nee, otherwise). AM - Archaeology Maps 6-inch (Manx Museum), with information entered on them by C (Wm Cubbon 1953), Κ (Ρ Μ C Kermode 1956), S (Rev. Ε Savage 1957), DC (David Craine 1957), Μ (Basil Megaw 1957) taken from original recordings.

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Town of Douglas AMx. - Anglo-Manx. See also MxE. angl. - anglicised. Arch/arch. - archaeological. AReg. - Archidiaconal Register. MM. ASM - Allen S. Moore, Peel. Personal communication 25.03.1995. AW - Archidiaconal Wills (1628-1874). From 1872-1916 AW and EW are combined MM. AWM - A. W. Moore (qv). BA - Book of Armagh, cf. Gwynn 1937, Lapidge & Sharpe 1985: 103-05 (nos. 354-360). Ba. - Baptisms (by parish; cf. PR). BAC - British Admiralty Chart 1826 Irish Sea Eastern Part 1979. BAR - British Archaeological Reports. BB - Bishop's Barony. BBS - Barony of Bangor and Saul (Abbeyland); cf. Broderick 1981-82. BD - Brown's Isle of Man Directory... Douglas: Isle of Man Times. Annual. Bd/bd - bounded by/boundary. Bdg(s)/bdg(s) - Building(s). bei. - below. BGQS - Bawden, Garrad, Qualtrough, Scatchard 1972 (qv). BH - Bridge House Papers (Presentments 1661-1703) MM.MS.3997. BL - Bishop's Land. B R I M - Estate Plan of Ballakeigh BR nd [ca. 1800] MM.BR.l.M. Brit. - British (language). BST - Barony of St. Trinian's (Kirk Marown). BUPS - Bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society. Bu. - Burials. C - Cregeen's Manx-English Dictionary 1835 (repr. 1984). CB - Camden's Britannia

1586; see Camden 1586.

CBFA - Coucher Book of Fumess Abbey, cf. Atkinson 1887. CC - Common Celtic. CCP - Chapter Court Presentments. Ecclesiastical Court records. MM. CD - Castletown Deeds (to 1846) MM. Ch. - Chaloner 1656 (qv) / church. CL - Customary Law; cf. Gill 1883.

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Clad/clad - (in the) claddagh. clld - called. CM - Chronicles of Man (ca.1257-1377); cf. Broderick 1979a, 1995. C M C S - Cambridge/Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. CMx. - Classical Manx (18th cent.) Com. - Common lands, i.e. Mountain area. comp. - compounded for by ... compr. - comprising, comprised of. Conc/conc. - concerns(s). Cont. - Continental. Cott./cott. - Cottage. CPR - Calendar of Patent Rolls (England). Cr./cr. - Croft. C R P - Castle Rushen Papers M M ; C R P 1 6 2 7 cf. Cubbon 1930. C S - C e n s u s Records (1841-1891) M M . ct. - centred at/on (for O S grid references); see also n.ct. CTC - Castletown Commissioners. Notes from minutes of Castletown Commissioners, compiled 1994 by Colin Dawson, Town Clerk, on the occasion of the Castletown Centenary 1994. C T D - Castletown Deeds (to 1846) M M ; C T D E (Easter), C T D H (Hilary), C T D M (Michaelmas), C T D T (Trinity). Cur/cur - (in the) Curragh. CV - Cleasby-Vigfusson's Icelandic-English Dictionary 1874 (repr. 1991). C W P - Charters to Whithorn Priory l 2 2 8 - c a . l 2 7 0 (original lost; copy of 1504) M M (PN quoted in Gelling 1970:134-135). M M . M S . 2 4 2 C / 4 1 ; 993:56-57. See also Stringer (2003: 41-54). D - Deed(s) (of Sale) (to 1848) M M (see below). DAF - Disafforestation Maps 1861 M M . 0 4 / 0 5 . DBS - Dictionary of British Surnames; see Hanks and Hodges 1988. D C r - D a v i d Craine 1955. De. - Deaths (by parish; cf. PR). DEMG - Diary of Edward Moore Gawne, Kentraugh RU 1836-37 M M . M S . 5 0 3 8 B . Dh/dh - dwelling house.

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Town of Douglas Di. - D i n n e e n ' s Irish-English Dictionary 1 9 2 7 (repr. 1 9 7 0 ) . Dial/dial. - dialect(s). D I A S - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. D I L - Dictionary o f the Irish Language ( R o y a l Irish A c a d e m y ) . dm - daymoth. T h e amount o f land that can be ploughed by o n e man in a day. D o A - Duke o f A t h o l l ' s lands. D R - D i o c e s a n Register M M . Dw. - D w e l l y ' s Scottish Gaelic-English Dictionary 1911 (repr. 1 9 7 1 ) . Ε - East. E D - Enrolled D e e d ( f o r each parish; separated from O D and other deeds). E D D - English Dialect Dictionary. E F - Enquest Files ( 1 6 8 8 - 1 9 1 6 ) M M . Contain details o f boundary/land disputes between parties. E H R - English Historical Review. E M o d E - Early Modern English. E M o d l r - Early Modern Irish. E M x . - Early M a n x ( 1 7 t h cent.). Encl./encl. - enclosure(s). E n g - English. Enl/enl. - enlargement to. E P - Estate P l a n ( s ) ( 1 8 t h / 1 9 t h cent.) M M . Parish based. E P N E - English P l a c e - N a m e Elements; cf. Smith 1 9 5 6 ( 1 9 8 7 ) . E P N S - English P l a c e - N a m e Society volumes. E P N S J - English P l a c e - N a m e Society Journal. E R - Episcopal R e g i s t e r (by year) M M . Es - Eastside ( o f ) . E W - Episcopal W i l l s ( 1 6 0 0 - 1 8 7 1 ) . From 1 8 7 2 to 1 9 1 6 A W and E W are combined M M . Ext./ext. - extends, extending, f - for; formerly. F/f(s) - field(s). F B - Field B o o k ( s ) ( o f the M a n x Museum Folklife Survey) M M . Parish based. S e e also F L S . F C M - Flour Corn M i l l . Finch - F i n c h ' s Rent ( D o u g l a s ) .

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fl. - floruit. FLS - Folklife Survey (Manx Museum). Numerals following name refer to FLS 25-inch maps containing fieldname material made by FLS personnel ca. 1940s-70s. See also FB. Fm/fm - Farm. Fmhs/fmhs - farmhouse. Fmstd/fmstd - Farmstead. FN - Field Name(s). fp - formal pronunciation (based on orthographic form). FR - Fred Radcliffe, Onchan. Manx historian. Fr - French. Fs/fs - fields. G - Gaelic. g./gen. - genitive. Gaz - The Isle of Man Weekly Gazette and General Advertiser (1812-1822). Newspaper. GB - George Broderick. Gb/gb - Group of buildings. Gdn/gdn - garden. GEM - Glossary of Early Manx; cf. Thomson 1954-57. Ger/Germ. - German. GFJ - Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Copenhagen. GHF - George H. Freestone (b. 1921), Castletown. Memories and map of demolished area around

Castletown

Grammar

School

deposited

in

the

Manx

Museum

Library

(MM.MS.09191A). The recollections refer mainly to the 1920s, but may also refer to some later events. G i - W . W. Gill 1929 & 1963, qv. G1R - Garrison Inquest Roll 1428 MM. GL - Glebe Land. GPC - Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru 1950-. GQ - George Quarrie, 230 West 116 [Street], New York. Letter to Miss [Sophia] Morrison dated 07.02.1915 MM.MS.2146(2)A. Contains FN material from Ballavair BR. Published in Mannin 7(1916). GRO - General Registry Office, Douglas, h/g. - house and garden.

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HA - H i g h w a y A c c o u n t s M M . H B - Hinton Bird [1991] & 1995 (qv). H E - Hiberno-English. H L S M - H a n d b o o k o f Late Spoken M a n x ; cf. Broderick 1984-86. H Q L - Half Quarterland. HR - H i g h r o a d . Hs/hs - House. H W - Highway. IDB - Illiam D h ö n e Ballad (written 1663-1716; A = M s . A (ca.1770)). S e e Broderick 1981c. See next. I D D - Illiam D h ö n e Depositions . M a d e at Peel Castle & Castle Rushen 1662 relating to the ' R i s i n g ' in Man in 1651 led by William Christian (Illiam Dhöne). Printed in Harrison 1877. Christian was executed for ' t r e a s o n ' 0 2 . 0 1 . 1 6 6 2 / 6 3 . IFC - Irish Folklore C o m m i s s i o n (sound recordings 1948). I M D / i m D - in m a n u Domini (i.e. in possession of the Lord of Man). 1ME - Isle of M a n Examiner ( 1 8 8 0 - ) . M M . N e w s p a p e r . 1MGAC - Isle o f M a n General Advertising Circular ( 1 8 4 9 - 1 8 6 1 ) . M M . N e w s p a p e r . I M T - Isle of M a n T i m e s ( 1 8 6 1 - 1 9 0 0 ) . M M . N e w s p a p e r . Int. - Intack (enclosed area). I O M A C - Isle of M a n General Advertising Circular 1849-1855, Isle o f M a n W e e k l y Advertising Circular 1853-71889. N e w s p a p e r s , cf. C u b b o n ( 1 9 3 9 : 1372-73). I O M N H A S - Isle o f Man Natural History & Antiquarian Society (Proc.). Ir. - Irish. Ital. - Italian. J C C - Juan Crellin, St. J u d e ' s AN. J D - J e f f e r s o n ' s Directory. Annual. J F - John Feltham 1798 (qv). J FC - J a m e s Frederick C o w l e , Ramsey. JJK - J. J. Kneen 1925-28 (qv). J J K P - J. J. K n e e n 1937 (qv). J M M - Journal o f the M a n x M u s e u m . J o y n e r - J o y n e r ' s Rent (Douglas). JR - Jim R o s c o w , Douglas.

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Town of Douglas JT - Joseph Train 1845 (qv). Κ - Kelly's Manx-English/English-Manx Dictionary 1866 (Manx-English section reprinted 1977). Kelly - Kelly's Rent (Douglas). KJS - Keith S. Stringer 2003 (qv). KK - Kirk (+ parish name). KN - Knockaloe (Dept. of Agriculture) Soil Analysis Returns (1973-1991; for FN) at Knockaloe Mooar PA. KQGB - Kings and Queens of Great Britain; cf. Taute 1970. L/Lat. - Latin. LI799 - Lease dated 11.02.1799 (for FN) MM.MS.978C. LA - Libri Assedationis (Setting Books) (1506-1911 (Southside), 1515-1911 (Northside)). MM. Rent rolls containing the names of all landowners (grouped under their respective Treens) and their rents paid. LBS - Libri Bangor & Sabal (1585-1916). MM. Setting books for the Barony of Bangor and Saul. LBSM - Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. LC - Libri Cancellarii (Chancery Books) (1600-ca.l704) MM. Contain actions, decrees (including records of sales and other contracts) of the Chancery Court. LCB - Lord's Composition Book(s) (1610-1704; 1735 Intacks only) MM. LCB for 1704 describes each particular tenement and records the fines (rents) paid at the Act of Settlement (1704; cf. Gill, J F 1883:160-175). ld(s) - land(s) of. LE1A - Lexique etymologique de I'irlandais ancien; cf. Vendryes et. al. LEP - Libri Episcopi (Bishop's Books) (1580-1922) MM. Mainly for Bishop's Barony Lands in Jurby, Braddan, Marown, German, Patrick, Bride, and Arbory. LG - Dr. Larch Garrad, Manx Museum. LL - Lord's Land. LM - Libri Monasteriorum (Abbey Books) (1607-1916) contain the rentals for the abbeys and baronies. See also ACB. LMA - List of Manx Antiquities; cf. Kermode 1930. LMx. - Late Manx (19th/20th cent.) In - lost name.

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Town of Douglas loc/dat - locative/dative. Ip - local pronunciation (of majority of informants interviewed for a given name). LPlit. - Libri Placitorum (Books of C o m m o n Pleas) (1496-1799) M M , (1800-1901) G R O . Contain actions in that court, plus the names of its officers, juries, enquests, etc. LR - Lord's Rent. LS - Libri Scaccarii (Exchequer Books) (1580-1916) MM. Contain judgments on breaches of the law, appeals from the Spiritual Court, etc. LSG - Dr. Larch S. Garrad, Manx Museum, Douglas. LSS - Linguistic Survey of Scotland (sound-recordings). LV - Libri Vastarum (Wast Books) (1511-1916) MM. Contain the admissions, entries, and titles of landowners and the alienation fines and rents paid by them, lw - loanword. Μ - Deed of Mortgage (to 1847) M M . M / C - Map of the Isle of Man: Greenvile Collins 1693 (survey m a d e 1689) M M . p XX.41.M. M / C o - A plan and survey of land near Douglas in the parish of Conchan belonging to Calcot Heywood (known as Joyner's Estate [...]): John Corris 1801. M M . D G 1 . S . M / D - Map of the Isle of Man: T h o m a s Durham 1595 (John Speed 1605 M M . p X X . I 2 . M ; John Speed 1610 M M . p X X . l . M ) . M/Dr - M a p of the Isle of Man: John Drinkwater 1826 M M . p X X . 8 . L . M / F - M a p of the Isle of Man: Peter Fannin 1789 MM.pXX.2.L. M/JC - John Corris's M a p of Peel, 1784. MMpPE.lO.S. M / M - Map of the Isle of Man: Gerhard Mercator 1564. M M . p X B . 1 4 . S . M/Ph - M a p of Peel: Philip's N e w M a p of the Isle of Man f r o m the Ordnance Survey (1870) 1873/74. MM.O/14.P2754. M / R S - Plan of the Town and Neighbourhood of Douglas, Isle of Man: Richard Sherwood 1849. M M p D G . 4 . L . M/S - Map of the Isle of Man: Christopher Saxton 1583. M M . p X X . l 19.S. M / T - A Plan of Douglas, Isle of Man: John Taggart 1834. M M p D G . 7 . M . M / W - A Plan of Douglas, Isle of Man: John Woods 1833. M M p D G . I . L . M A - Monasticon Anglicorum (quoted in Kneen 1925-28). Ma. - Marriages (by parish; cf. PR). M A d v . - The Manks Advertiser (1801-1842) M M . Newspaper. M A S - Manx Archaeological Survey (6 Reports); cf. Kermode & Bruce.

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Town of Douglas MB - Manannan (or Traditionary) Ballad. MB/K: John Kelly's version (56st.) MM.MS. 5072C (ca.1770); MB/Ke: John Kewley's version (35st.) MM.MS.519A (Bridge House Coll.) (ca.1770). Internal linguistic evidence indicates ca.1500 as a date of (oral) composition; cf. Thomson 1960-62. Md/md - meadow. MD1333 - MM.MS.09140 / MD1333 (1936) containing field-names of Cooilshellagh, Kirk Michael. From the private papers of Helena Davies, Bournemouth (formerly Kirk Michael), detailing childhood memories of life at Cooilshellagh [ca. 1870]. Entered for the 1936 Cruinnaght. ME - Middle English. MEA - Manx Electricity Authority. MedL - Medieval Latin. MER - Manx Electric Railway (tramway). MG. - Margaret Gelling 1970 & 1971. MH - Mona's Herald (1833-1975). Newspaper. MHR - Main Highroad. MHW - Main Highway. Mi-Mill. Mir. - Middle Irish. ML - Manx Liberal (1836-1850). Newspaper. MM - Manx Museum Library/Archive. MMerc. - The Manks Mercury and Briscoe's Douglas Advertiser (1793-? 1801). Newspaper. MMG - Moore, Morrison and Goodwin 1924. MNCT - Manx Nature Conservation Trust. ModE - Modem English. Modlr. - Modern Irish. MPat. - Manx Patriot (1824-1826) MM. Newspaper. MPNS - Manx Place-Name Survey. MS - Manx Sun (1826-1906) MM. Newspaper. MStr. - Main Street. MTI - Middle Third Intack (Lezayre). Mtn/mtn - Mountain (i.e. above the cultivated land). Mx - Manx.

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Town of Douglas MxE - Manx English. See also AMx. Ν - North. n.ct. - name centred at/on (for OS grid references); see also ct. n/a - nominative/accusative, n/c - not compounded for. nd - no date. NED - New English Dictionary. NEng. - Northern English. NFr. - Norman French. NGC - Nigel G. Crowe, Douglas; see Crowe 2001 and next. NGC2003 - Additional notes for Douglas section; prepared 10/2003. NIr. - Northern Irish. NM - Neil Mathieson; see Mathieson 1955 & 1959. nn - nickname. Norw. - Norwegian. N Q - Notes and Queries; cf. below. NQL - Nicholson's Quarterland (i.e. QL-Ramsey). Ns - North side (of). NSS - Northside Sales. NTS - Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap; cf. Marstrander 1932, 1934, 1937. Nunnery - Nunnery Rent (Douglas). NX; see under SC. ob - outbuilding(s). OBr. - Old British. obsol. - obsolete. OD - Old Deed(s) MM; cf. below. ODan. - Old Danish. OE - Old English. OFr. - Old French. Og. - Ogam. OHR/OHW - Old Highroad/Old Highway. Olr. - Old Irish. ON - Old Norse.

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Town of Douglas ONB - Object Name Books (Ordnance Survey 1955/57, etc), at Dept. of Local Government & the Environment. OS - Ordnance Survey. OS/A - Ordnance Survey (Archaeological Field Notes 1955/56) MM.M1C30. OT - Oral Tradition. OW - Old Welsh. Parr - Parr's Rent (Douglas). PB - 'Papal Bull of 123 Γ ; cf. Moore 1890a, Poole 1911. Probably written after ca.1360; cf. Megaw, B. R. S. (1978: 295). Photograph in MM. PBr. - Proto-British. PCelt. - Proto-Celtic. PCG - Peel City Guardian (1882-). MM. Newspaper. Pcl/pcl - parcel of land (part of an estate), pers.n. - personal name(s). Phillips - Manx Book of Common Prayer; cf. Moore & Rhys 1893/94. PIE - Proto-Indo-European. PMCK - P. M. C. Kermode. PN - place-name(s). PNIM - Place-Names of the Isle of Man (Vols. 1 - ) . PNRB - Place-Names in Roman Britain; cf. Rivet & Smith. PR - Parish Records (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, qv.). PRCR - Medical Aid and Poor Relief Commission (Isle of Man). Report and Evidence. Douglas 1879. MM. pr.n. - proper name(s). Prem/prem - premises (lands and/or buildings). PRO - Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey UK. pron. - pronounced. pt. - part of. Pt. - Particles (lands appropriated for the support of scholars, cf. Moore 1900/1: 345-46). PubRd. - Public Road. QL/ql. - Quarterland. QLRd/qr - quarterland road. R - River.

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Town of Douglas r. - rectius. RC- Ramsey Courier and Northern Advertiser 1884-, Newspaper. Now called The Courier. Rd - Road. refl. - reflex(es). res. - residence. Rh. - Row of houses. RLT - Robert L Thomson, Isle of Man. RMSRS - Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum 1306-1424 (Edinburgh 1912); quoted in MG1971. Rnh. - Row of numbered houses. RPh - (informant) recorded in phonetic script. RPSB - Register of the Priory of St. Bees, cf. Wilson 1915. RS - Rune-stones; see Page 1983. RT- Richard Townley 1791 (qv). Rtl/rtl. - rental, rented piece of land. RW - The Calf of Mann surveyed by Richard Wilson Philomath 1771. Atholl Papers Estate Plan MM.MS.AP Μ 48. S - South. SC - Suzanne Cubbon; see Cubbon 1998. Sc. - Scandinavian. SC/NX - Ordnance Survey Grid Reference System. References here are to the OS 6-inch series (1975). ScG. - Scottish Gaelic. Scot. - Scottish. SCD - Slater's Commercial Directory...of the Isle of Man. Annual. SCR - Sheading Court Roll 1417/18 MM. SD - Survey of Douglas; see Crowe 2001. SHR - Scottish Historical Review. SOED - The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1973. Repr. 1993. 2 vols. Ss - Southside (of). SS - tStuart Slack, Douglas; see Slack 1996. SSS - Southside Sales. ST-Statutes, cf. Gill 1883.

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St. - stanza. Taggart - T a g g a r t ' s Rent (Douglas). TP - Tithe Plans (ca. 1840; General Registry). Based on the Asylum Drawings (AD) of the early 1830s. TP used by Woods 1867 in the compilation of his Alias (qv). T R - Treen. vbn/vn. - verbal noun. W - Welsh; West. WA - W o o d s ' Atlas, qv. W B - William Blundell 1648-56, qv. W C a - William Cashen; place-name notes in Mannin, pp. 281-82. W C M - Water C o m Mill. W C R - William and Constance Radcliffe 1978 & 1983 (qv). W C W - William Clague Wilson (1900-1999), Castletown. Tapes of converstions with Lady Eva Wilson Sept. 1998 to Feb. 1999. Transcripts and summaries in the Manx Museum Library. Mr. Wilson lived in Castletown until the late 1920s, but most of his recollections are from before the First World W a r (1914-18) and before he started work in 1918. Wh. - Warehouse. W H C - William Henry Cooper (1870-1960). Manuscript of his recollections of Castletown in the Stenning Papers in the Manx Museum Library ( M M . M S . 0 9 6 7 7 / 5 ) , written ca.1950. These recollections span a long time and much of the ms. refers to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. whq - west half-quarter(land). W P B - Walking the Parish Boundary (of German) 1882; cf. C H C Book 5. Ws - Westside (of). Y L M - Yn Lioar Manninagh. Z C P - Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie.

Notes The earliest Deeds of Sale, so far as we have them, were recorded in Libri Cancellarii (LC). For Conchan 1617-1704 and Braddan 1617-1703 (for Douglas). Then comes a set of Old Deeds (OD). There is a certain amount of overlap till 1723. Some material is also appended in the LC index from Libri Vastarum (LV). In some cases with the Old Deeds, recording (in the Chancery Court for the district) may take

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Town of Douglas place at various times of the year (cf. Moore 1900/11: 750). The abbreviations for the various months are: Ja - January, F - February, Ma - March, A - April, Μ - May, Jn - June, Ju - July, Au - August, S - September, Ο - October, Ν - November, D - December. As from May 1723 for Conchan and Braddan Deeds of Sale were recorded twice yearly only, May and October, till Oct. 1847, thereafter monthly. Mortgages are similarly arranged. So, for example: O D ( 5 7 ) 1721 = Old Deed of Sale no. 57, recorded in 1721. 1782DM 1787(5) = Deed of Sale no. 5, drawn up 1782, recorded May 1787. The archive reference would be: the parish name ( N S S or SSS) + May 1787 No. 5. 1803DO 1804(2) = Deed of Sale no. 2 drawn up 1803, recorded October 1804. The archive reference would be: the parish name ( N S S or SSS) + October 1804 No. 2. [1870JDF1870(72) = Deed of Sale no. 72, date of drawing up not given (year of recording given as substitute in square brackets), recorded February 1870. The archive reference would be: the parish n a m e (NSS or S S S ) + February 1870 N o . 72. 1859SSS 1860(20) = Southside Sale deed no. 20 drawn up in 1859 (and therefore after 1847 recorded monthly), recorded in 1860. 1842MM 1842(53) = Mortgage no. 53, drawn up 1842, recorded in May 1842. 1 8 2 1 M 0 1 8 4 2 ( 1 7 ) = Mortgage no. 17, drawn up 1821, recorded October 1842. However, 1824DM1820(20), for instance, would mean that material has been extracted from a document dated 1824 appended to or included within DM 1820(20). Deeds from another parish may sometimes be included. In such cases the parish designation appears first. So L 0 1 8 2 0 D M 1 8 2 5 ( 3 0 ) would mean Lonan deed no. 30, drawn up 1820, recorded 1825. LA 1728(1730) refers to new Intack(s), or additional PN associated with new Intacks, entered as an appendage to LA for 1728 in the year indicated in brackets, etc. As with the deeds LA references from another parish may sometimes be included. So M A L A 1725 would refer to Maughold LA for 1725. LC1649/120 refers to Liber Cancellarii for the year 1649, deed no./page 120. In some cases some deeds were kept separate for various reasons (e.g. excessively long) from the general pile. These are categorised as Enrolled Deeds ( E D ) and are bound in paginated book form on a parish basis. Thus ED1840/138 would refer to Enrolled Deed dated [day, month] 1840, page 138, in the respective parish book(s). E D 1 8 0 9 [ 2 a ] would refer to the Enrolled Deed on unpaginated 2a. Enrolled Deeds used from other parishes have that parish

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designation preceding, so ARED1813/7 would refer to Enrolled Deed from Arbory dated 1813, page 7. Int. 130 would refer to the Intack of that number in LA, noted in WA. From LA 1709 Intacks are usually enumerated, some being grouped under the same number. Between ca. 1720 and 1797 the enumeration may vary to accommodate additional Intack land taken in during that period. By 1783, but certainly by 1797, the enumeration had become fixed. The enumeration system used here is therefore that of LA 1797. WA/96 would refer to the plot of that number, etc, in Woods' Atlas 1867. WA/242T would refer to plot 242, etc, in WA and on the respective Tithe Plan. Numbers in brackets after field names refer to the OS 25-Inch (1869) Series (Isle of Man).

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EM - tErnest Moore, Avondale Nursing Home, Woodboume Road DG (b. 3 Railway Terrace DG 7 July 1899; for Douglas) RPh. 26.07.1991. LC - tLewin Cain, 2 Taubman Terrace, Head Road DG (b. 1906 1 Taubman Terrace DG, f. Douglas) 07.08.1989. See also in Kirk Braddan. VMT - t M r s . Vera McTaggart, 8 Richmond Grove RY (b. July 1914 at 36 Allan Street DG, f. Douglas) 05.02.1990. Wife to Willie McTaggart (WMT). See in Kirk Braddan.

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DOUGLAS (TR-Duglas) [duglas] lp dufglas CM1257(f40v), Duglas CM 1313(f50v), Douglas SCR1417-18, Dowglas GIR1428, Dowglas M/S1583, Douglas Towne M/D1595, Duglas LC1636/67, Duglas, Douglas LCB1643, duaglas LCI677/41, Duglass LCI680/81, Duglas 0D1(21)1686, Duglass LCB1704, Douglas C>D1(15)1708, Douglass OD1 (18)1709, Douglas LA 1716, 1750, Douglass 1755DO 1756(46), Douglas 1756D01756(45), Douglas LA1797-1870, Douglas. A town and borough; name centred at 5092 in SC3775 ONB1956. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 390-91). Mx. [ d u l i j ] ,

[ d u : l i J ] HLSM/II: 501 Doolish, G. Dubhghlais.

• It is generally agreed that this name is derived from PCelt.

*duboglassio-,

i.e. PCelt. *dubo-, *dubu-, OW dub, W. du, Olr. dub, Ir. dubh 'black; deep', with PCelt. *glassio-, W. glais, Olr. glaiss, Ir. glais 'water, river' (cf. Watson 1926: 457, Ekwall 1928: 131-32, Jackson 1953: 275, 276, 676), with its contrasting Fionnghlais. Douglas is a settlement name derived from a river name. It is quite common in British and Irish place-names, whether as Douglas (Man, Scotland, Ireland), Dyfleis, Dulais, etc. (Wales), or Douglas, Develish, Dawlish, Dowlish, etc (England). Douglas replaced Castletown as the island's capital in 1869. DUGLAS TR Duglas LA1507, 1511, Douglas LA1523, Dougglas LA1570, Douglas LAI580, 1593, Duglas LA1600, 1622, Douglas LA1643, Duglas

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LA 1665-1702, Douglas LA1703, Douglass LCB1704, Douglas LA17091870. See also in Kirk Conchan. • See foregoing. BALLAKERMEEN QL (TR-Duglas) Ballakermeen ("This Quarterland of lviijs Rent being divided & subdivided into very small parcles & Rent owing to its Contiguity to the Town of Douglas and being also in great Confusion whereby it was exceeding difficult for the Moar to Collect the Rent. For the obviating whereof & for the preservation of the sd. Rents it is by a late Regulation & Reclassification Vide Sub 1783. To come forthe in charge for the future as follows -") LA 1783. • 'Kermeen's farm', Mx. bailey y Kermeen, the second element of uncertain provenance. This quarterland was thus divided into the following sections: Parr's Rent, Ballakermeen's Rent, Kelly's Rent, Nunnery Rent, Finch's Rent, Joyner's Rent, Taggart's Rent. So, for example, (26 Kelly) refers to area 26 within Kelly's Rent in QL-Ballakermeen. * * * * * * * * * *

A ADELAIDE TERRACE Adelaide Terrace MS. 19.02.1853, Adelaide Terrace CS 1861-91. Woodboume Road, facing Prospect Terrace. • Laid out in 1849 and probably named after Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, who died in 1849 (KQGB1970, SS13). Unless it is to be taken as one of the 'Australian' names found nearby, cf. Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, etc, below. ADELPHI HOTEL (26 Kelly) Adelphi Hotel (Church Street) CS 1861-81, Adelphi Hotel LA1870, Adelphi Hotel CS1891. See also under King's Arms. • Situated at 21 Church Street. Formerly known as the King's Arms (1836), it received the above name in 1842 (SC31-32). Demolished in 1954 to make way for the Shaw's Brow car-park (SS140). Vestiges of a Hollantide hiringfair are remembered as taking place here well into the 20th-century (FR2003 < OT).

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AGNEW PLACE Agnew Place CS1861. Unlocated. ALBANY ROAD Albany Road. Ext. fr. 2831 to 7051 SC3776 ONB1956. Between Woodboume Road and Alexander Drive. • Laid out in 1884 on part of Farrant's Ballaquayle estate. Probably named after Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and youngest son of Queen Victoria. He died in that year (KQGB1970, SS13). - ALBANY STREET Albany Street CS1891. ALBERT HOTEL (Chapel Row) Albert Inn CS 1871, Albert Hotel CS 1881, 1891, Albert Hotel ONB1965. • Formerly known as The Grapes (pre-1863), renamed Royal Albert in 1863, the epithet 'Royal' jettisoned by 1871, known as Albert Hotel as from 1881 (SC31). See also following. ALBERT INN; see under Albert Hotel. ALBERT STREET Albert Street CS1861-91, Albert Street. Ext. fr. 9471 SC3775 to 0471 SC3875 ONB1957, Albert Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Laid out in 1854 in Christian's Gardens on the Finch Hill Estate. Probably named after Prince Albert (1819-1861), husband of Queen Victoria (KQGB 1970). Houses on the southside of the street demolished during the 1990s to make way for the new law courts (SS13). ALBERT TERRACE Albert Terrace MS.01.04.1854, Albert Terrace CS 1861-91, Albert Terrace. Applies to a detached house and a terrace of houses ONB1965. Between Windsor Road and Derby Square. • Built in 1847. Originally called Osborne Terrace after Queen Victoria's retreat in the Isle of Wight. It was then renamed Albert Road, then Albert Terrace following covenants made by the developer John Crellin of Ramsey, preventing building on the land opposite in order to retain the view of Douglas Bay. All but two of the houses were demolished during the 1990s to make way for the Government administered sheltered housing complex Reayrt ny Baie ('the bay view') (cf. also SS13). - ALBERT TERRACE LANE Albert Terrace Lane CS 1891. • A service lane to the rear of Albert Terrace. ALBION HOTEL Albion Hotel CS1841. Church Street. • Occupied the site of the original farmhouse of the Cannells who held part of Ballabrooie and Ballakermeen (SD17/01). Known as The Albion from ca.

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1900. Previously (1813) known as The Soapery from a nearby soap and candle factory (cf. The Soapery below), then in the late 1800s as The Cross Keys. Still in operation, but as the Rovers' Return (SC32); this name is probably derived from the TV series Coronation Street. ALBION TERRACE Albion Terrace CS1871-91, Albion Terrace. A terrace of houses and a small cottage at the rear ONB1965. Windsor Park. • A later continuation of Albert Terrace, ca. 1860. The end house adjoined the boundary wall between Windsor Park and Derby Square. The wall was removed ca. 1900, creating a wide lane behind Cambridge Terrace (qv). The lower six houses in Christian Road (qv) are also known as Albion Terrace (SS14). Albion is an Old European name for Britain from IE *nIbhifo-, OBr. *nlbijo- 'light, world', W. elfydd'world',

cf. Meid (1990: 107-108).

- ALBION TERRACE LANE Albion Terrace Lane CS1891. ALDER GROVE (Pulrose) Alder Grove. PubRd ONB 1965. •Named in 1938 (SS14). ALDRIDGE'S MILN TM Aldridge's Miln (BN/ON) 1767D01768(29). • Unlocated. ALEXANDER DRIVE North View or Alexander Drive CS1891, Alexander Drive. Ext. fr. 9640 SC3676 to 7622 SC3776 thro 2830 ONB 1956. See also North View. • The initial section (from Woodbourne Road to Brunswick Road) was laid out on Harrison's Woodbourne estate ca. 1863; the terrace on the southside was known as North View. From 1883 the road was continued through Farrant's Ballaquayle down to Quarterbridge Road. The final section was known locally as Brown's Hill, from John Archibald Brown of the Isle of Man Times who built 'Woodlands', the large house on the hill in 1889. The name Alexander may derive from Robert Alexander Robertson who owned land at the end of the road (SS14). ALEXANDER TERRACE Alexander Terrace CS1891. Woodbourne Road. • The last terrace on the left before Albany Road (SS14). ALEXANDRA HOTEL (Duke Street) Alexander Hotel CS 1871, Alexandra Hotel CS1881.

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• At No. 28 Duke Street in 1882 (SC37). Possibly named from Alexandra (1844-1925), daughter of the King of Denmark and married to the later King Edward VII (1901-1910) in 1863 (KQGB1970). ALFRED TEARE CLOSE (Willaston) Alfred Teare Close. Cul-de-sac ONB 1965. Off School Road. • Named from Alfred James Teare, MBE, JP (1879-1969), the renowned Manx Socialist reformer. He was a member of the House of Keys 1919-1951 and of the Legislative Council 1951-1962 (SS14). ALLAN STREET Allan Street CS1881, 1891, Allan Street. Ext. fr. 6467 to 8686 SC3775 ONB 1956. • Laid out on the north-eastern section of the Hills Estate in 1871. It became linked with Merton Bank and Bucks Road after the removal of a boundary wall in 1904 (SS14). - ALLAN STREET LANE Allan Street Lane CS 1891. - BACK ALLAN STREET Back Allan St. CS 1881. ALLANBANK Allanbank OS 1869. • A large house at the corner of the junction of Peel Road and Circular Road, long associated with the family Keig, the photographers. Demolished in 2003 to make way for a new office block (NCG2003). Name seemingly derived from the Old European river-name Allan in Scotland, containing the IE root *el-/*ol- 'flow, stream' (cf. Nicolaisen 2001: 240). ALLEN THE MINERS CONCERNS Allen the Miners Concerns 1809DO 1844(20, 21). Unlocated. ALLEN'S BREWERY Aliens Brewery CS1871, 1881. Market Street. • A Scottish Borders surname (first recorded in Man in 1511; JJKP25). ALM HOUSE (North Quay) Aim House LA 1870. • See under Almshouse Lane. ALMA HOTEL (King Street) Alma Hotel CS1881, Alma Hotel PD1889. • Sve stood on the site at the junction of King Street and Ridgeway Street now occupied by the Ridgeway Hotel (NM132). Probably named after the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War (1854-56).

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ALMSHOUSE LANE Almhouse Lane MS.20.06.1846, Alms house lane CS 1851, Almshouse] Lane CS1861, Almhouse Lane CS1871, Alms House Lane CS 1881, Almshouse Lane CS1891. See also Little Widows House. • There were almshouses at two nearby locations: 1. Under the will of William Teare 1764 his widow Charlotte was to spend £50 on the poor of Douglas. This money was seemingly spent on building two small houses at the junction of Almshouse Lane and Stowell's Lane (SD07/07) which was part of William Teare's estate by inheritance from William Murrey. Demolished in 1935 (NGC2003). Almshouse Lane was formerly known as Back Bond Street (qv) which ran between Bond Street and Stowell's Lane (SS15). 2. Mrs. Margaret Squibb's Almshouse, marked on OS 1869, stood near the modem sunken gardens between Fort Street and Lord Street (SD09/09). She died in 1833 and seemingly left her house to the Poor. It was rebuilt ca. 1869 and demolished 1970s/80s (NGC2003). ALPINE TERRACE Alpine Ter. CS1881, Alpine Terrace CS1891, Alpine Terrace. Row of houses 4560 SC3977 ONB1957, Alpine Terrace (obsol.). Houses now numbered in Summer Hill Road. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • Probably so named from its 'alpine-like' situation. See also under Little Switzerland and Switzerland Road below, which are in the neighbourhood. ANDERSON'S LOT (Est: Castle Mona) Anderson's Lot (sit. on the Lawn adj. New Rd: DG-Castle Mona Hotel SW, HR: DG-the Crescent SE) 1845D01845(38), Anderson's Lot (adj. Rd: DG -> Castle Mona Hotel NW, HR: DG -> the Crescent SE) 1847DO1847(44). • Hiberno-Scottish surname, according to MacLysaght (1978: 5), found mainly in north-east Ulster, suggesting a Scottish derivation (cf. also Black 1962: 22). Name first recorded in Man in 1495 (JJKP25). A portion of the Castle Mona Estate sold off for development. ANTHONIES CELLAR Anthonies Cellar (adj. "Mr. John Murrey's Salt Cellar" N, "Mr. Murrey Sr. Shop" S) ODl(6)17iO. • In Man a cellar has the earlier meaning of 'a storehouse or storeroom' usually on street level < ANorm, celer, OFr. celier, ModFr. cellier, all fr. Late

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Latin cellarium (OED s.v. 'cellar'). Named for Anthony Nicholson of Whitehaven, husband of Isabel Moore (SD11/09). ANTHONY: John Antonys House 1825DM1826(25). Unlocated. APPROACH ROAD Approach Road CS1871-91. • Built as an extension to South Quay in 1869 to connect with the Battery Pier (SS15). Extends from the present cantilever bridge eastwards. AQUADROME; see under Derby Castle. ARCADE, the the Arcade. A covered pedestrian shopping area [adjoining the Villa Marina Gardens] ONB1965. • Villa Marina Arcade. ARCHES, the the Arches SS102. See also Bridge Road. • Built in 1832 to take what was to become Victoria Road across Castle Mona Glen (SS103). ARCHWAY, the the Archway ("at the end of Douglas Bridge") MAdv.09. 04.1839, Archway CS1851, South Quay Archway CS1861, the Arch CS 1871, Lane Archway CS1881, Archway CS1891. South Quay. • Also known as Archway Road, Arch Towers, and Philip Quirk's Archway from a local property owner. It was situated opposite the Douglas or Stone Bridge; it led to the Towers and on to the Nunnery Howe. It included a small court containing six cottages. Recently demolished (SS16). - ARCH TOWERS Arch Towers CS1891. South Quay. - ARCHWAY ROAD, the the Archway Road MS.06.01.1837. South Quay. ARTHUR: Thomas Arthure's House 1756DM1761(57), Arthur's House (adj. ComStr. SW, SE) 1798DM 1809(46). • Scottish surname (first recorded in Man in 1511; JJKP27). ARCH LANE Arch Lane CS1881, 1891. Strand Street. • Also called Guttery Gable (qv). Named from the lower arched-over section adjoining Strand Street (SS15). ASH GROVE (Pulrose) Ash Grove. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Named in 1938 (SS16). ASSEMBLY HOUSE Assembly House 1757/9 MM.MS.2304 plan. • Owned by a certain Mr. Callister. The Callisters had been involved in entertainment since at least 1705 when John Callister, fiddler, held property nearby (NGC2003). See also under the Old Playhouse.

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ATHOL STREET (Est: the Hills) Athol Street MAdv.10.11.1810, Athol Street ("[...] that new street begun in and upon the said estate of the Hills called Athol Street [...]") 1811D01813(25), Athol Street 1811DM1828(16), Atholl Street 1813DM1813(74), Athol Street LA1870(1816), Athol Street 1818D01819(26), Atholl Street 1819D01819(25), Athol Street 1821DM 1828(19), Atholl Street 1828DM 1828(15), Atholl Street CS 1841, Athollstreet MS.07.06.1848, Athol(l) St. CS1851, Athol Street CS1861-91, Athol Street. Ext. 8132 SC3775 to 0851 SC3875 ONB1957, Athol Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Stretching across Parr's, Kelly's and the Nunnery Rents (cf. SD78 plan), Athol Street was named from John fourth Duke of Atholl (b. 1755) and Governor of Man (1793-1830). It was initially laid out in 1810 on the lower section of the Hills Estate. The Dukes of Atholl succeeded to the Lordship of Man in 1736, but were obliged to relinquish their manorial rights to the British Crown in the Act of Revestment of 1765. It was during the time of the Fourth Duke that Douglas began to develop as a holiday resort and the initial naming of many streets took place (SS16-17). The spelling with one Τ is curious, but seems to have become fixed as such by 1881. The name derives from G. an ath Fhotla (an ath Fholla) 'the second Ireland, New Ireland' (referring to the present Atholl area in Perthshire). The element ath would represent the Latin re- denoting repetition, a feature found in many place-names in Scotland (cf. Watson 1926: 228-229). The habit is carried on, for instance, in the name Nova Scotia. -ATHOL COURT Atholl Court CS18841, Atholl Court CS1861, Athol Court CS1881, Athol Court CS1891. - ATHOL LANE Athol Lane 1814DM1817(53), Atholl Lane 1823D01826 (22), Atholl Lane 1831DM 1832(53), Atholl Lane CS 1841, Atholl lane CS 1851, Athol Lane CS1881. • Earlier name for St. George's Walk (qv) (SS133). See also under Church Lane. - ATHOL PLACE Atholl Place 1834D01834(11), Atholl Place (adj. HR: DG-PL S) 1840DM1841(31), Atholl place CS1851. - ATHOL SQUARE Atholl Square CS1861, Atholl Square CS1871, Athol Square CS1881, Athol Square CS1891.

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• Off Shaw's Brow opposite the old National School in Athol Street. - ATHOL TERRACE Atholl Terrace (adj. the Peel Road S) 1836D01837 (29), Athol Terrace MS.06.03.1840, Atholl Terrace (by Atholl Place) 1842 DO1842(27), Atholl Terrace CS1851, Athol Terrace CS1861, Atholl Terrace CS1871, Athol Terrace CS1881, Athol Terrace CS1891. - ATHOL TERRACE; see under Empress Drive. ATKIN'S G A R D E N S Atkin's Gardens ("near Douglas") MAdv.19.10. 1811, Aiken's Garden MAdv.30.01.1813. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1511; JJKP28). A plot of land to the rear of Strand Street (NGC2003). AUCKLAND GROVE Auckland Grove CS 1861-91. Off Dalton Street. • Laid out in 1851 it was probably named after the then Bishop of Sodor and Man, Robert John Eden (1847-54), who inherited the title of Lord Auckland during his episcopy (SS17). - AUCKLAND TERRACE Auckland Terrace CS1861-81. • On the north side of Windsor Road between Dalton Street and Albert Terrace. AVONDALE ROAD; see under York Road. AYRTON STREET Ayrton Street ("Street to be called ...; to Wm. Ayrton. By Esplanade) 1844D01845(29). • Short-lived name of a street between Clarence Terrace and Esplanade leading to Esplanade Lane. It was named after the Ayreton family who owned property in the area in 1844-45 when the front terraces were being laid out (SS17). Β BACK LANE back lane (off Peel Road) 1840DM1840(23), Back Lane LA 1870. • Off Peel Road. BACK LAWN Back Lawn CS1861-81, Back Lawn (obsol.) ONB1956. Now Castle Mona Avenue. • Known also as The Lawn it lay in the vicinity of the present Empress Hotel on Central Promenade. The name was changed to Castle Mona Avenue in 1866 (SS18).

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- BACK LAWN LANE Back Lawn Lane CS1881. • Adjacent to Back Lawn (qv). BACK STREET, the (64 Finch) back Street ("leading to Moore's Street") LA 1783, the Back Street of the Town of Douglass 1787DM 1788(93), the Back Street LA1797, the Back Street 1804DO1805(11), the Back Street at the Sandside 1806DM1809(21), the Back Street of Strand Street 1813DM1816 (14), the Back Street 1825DM 1842(30), the Back Street 1829D01831(16), Back Street CS 1841, Back Street 1845DM 1847(25), Back Street CS 1851. • Also known as Back Strand Street (qv). BACK, Y (er) y vack EFC1899/128. • 'the bank' ON bakkr, referring to a bank a few miles off Douglas running parallel with the coast. The 'Back' fishing took place here in September. BACON: Jon. Jo. Bacon Esq's Concerns (nr. Paul Gellings Garden or Yard) 1786DM 1794(98). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1728; JJKP29). BACONS COURT Bacons Court CS1871-91. • Ran south from John Street on the present line of Ridgeway Street. Named from the Bacon family who owned property in Ballakermeen around Noble's Hospital. Demolished during the clearances of the 1890s when Ridgeway Street was being laid out (SS18). The Bacons were renowned for their townhouse on the Double Comer (qv) which became the Royal Hotel. Their quarterland interests lay in Cannell's Ballakermeen (SD-BK/08) which included the site of Ballakermeen farmhouse off St. Catherine's Drive (qv). BAIH GHOOLISH baih ghoolish EFC1899/128. • 'Douglas Bay' Mx; G. baigh Dhubhghlais. BAIRD'S HOUSE: Baird's house 1786DM 1794(100), Baird's House MMerc.31.03.1794, Mrs. Bairds House ("in Baird's Lane") 1796DM1807 (22), Miss Beards house 1800DM1807(21), Baird's House (adj. Cnr. Est. the Hills W, N, PubStr. S) 1804DM1805(22), Bairds Concerns (adj. Est: the Hills, W, N) 1804D01806(13), Beards house 1813DM1813(47), Mrs Beard's house ("in the preaching house Lane") 1813DM1813(72), Beards House (adj. Est: the Hills N) 1828DM1829(29). In Baird's Lane (qv). See also Tallow Chandler.

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• Scottish surname. - BAIRD'S LANE Baird's Lane 1796DM 1807(22), Bairds Lane 1798DO 1810(26), Baird's Lane CS1851, • A small enclosed court off James Street. Demolished during the 1890 clearances (SS18). BALDRINE: Phil Baldrine's House or Concerns (adj. ComStr. & "fence or Bulwark" adj. the Sand) 1792DM1793(63), Phil Valdrines House (adj. sea shoreS) 1803D01808(13). • Probably from Baldrine farm in Kirk Lonan. For the name see PNIM/IV: 224. The house seems to have been near the Fence by Bath Place. BALDWIN

ROAD (Willaston) Baldwin Road. Ext. fr. 8461 to 9050

SC3777 ONB1956. • Named after Baldwin (East and West) in the northern section of Kirk Braddan parish. For the name Baldwin see in Kirk Braddan (PN1M/V: 30). BALLABROOIE (QL-Ballakermeen 24 Parr) Ballabrooie LA 1783, Ballabrooie (Tenement of Ballakermeen did...) LA 1870. • 'embankment farm* Mx. bailey brooie, G. baile bruaich. The embankment on the north side of the Douglas River at and near the Quarter Bridge is quite steep. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 362). FN: Lhieney mooar 1814DO 1829(14) 'big meadow' Mx.

Iheeanney

m/vooar. - Lhieney beg 1814D01829(14) 'little meadow' Mx. Iheeanney b/veg. - BALLABROOIE AVENUE (Ballabrooie) Ballabrooie Avenue. Ext. fr. 9501 to 9814 SC3676 ONB1956. • This and the following roads were laid out as part of the estate of Ballabrooie Park 1934-49 (SS18). - BALLABROOIE DRIVE (Ballabrooie) Ballabrooie Drive. Ext. fr. 8626 SC3676 thro 9600 to an end at 9995 SC3675 ONB1956. • Runs up from Quarter Bridge Road (qv). - BALLABROOIE GROVE (Ballabrooie) Ballabrooie Grove. Ext. fr. 0613 SC3776 to 0347 SC3775 ONB 1956. • Runs southwards from Ballabrooie Way (qv). - BALLABROOIE WAY (Ballabrooie) Ballabrooie Way. Ext. fr. 8616 SC 3676 to 2213 SC3776 ONB 1956.

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• Runs between Ballabrooie Drive and Westminster Drive. B A L L A K E R M E E N QL (TR-Duglas) Ballakermin LPlit. 1630, Kermins Ground LCB1643, Ballakermeen LA 1783. • 'Kermeen's farm' Mx. bailey y Kermeen, a Mx. surname of uncertain provenance. FN: Tallow Taggart (adj. HW: DG-PL S) 1745DO1746(34) 'Taggart's land' Mx. thalloo Taggart, G. talamh, w. Mx. surname Taggart, G. Mac an tSagairt. A part of Douglas. Other FN: the Flatt or Faii ("adjoining the highway [...] on the south and Ballabrooie on the west, north & east"), the Flatt (adj. "the Largie renney" [W]) OD1(7)1710. Became the site of Burleigh (qv). See also Simpson's Land. - Thos. Kelly's Land 1724DM1725(31), Thomas Kellys Land 1732D01732 (25). - BALLAKERMEEN DRIVE Ballakermeen Drive. Ext. fr. 9079 SC3675 to 1783 SC3775 ONB1956. • Laid out in the late 1940s (SS19). Runs from Peel Road to Belmont Hill. - BALLAKERMEEN ROAD Ballakermeen Road. Ext. fr. 4081 to 5795 SC3775 ONB1956. • 1. Earlier name for Westmoreland Road (till 1925) (SS19). • 2. Built between Brighton Terrace and Belmont just prior to 1939 (SS1920). BALLAKEY'S (63 Finch dh/yd) Ballaky's (Moore's Street) LA 1783, Ballakey's LA1797. • Belonging to Ballakey in Kirk Bride? See PN1M/III: 191-192. BALLANARD: Tom Mooar Blanards House (nr. sea shore) 1799D01799 (30). • For this name see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 370-71). - BALLANARD ROAD Ballanard Road. Ext. 9323 to 6087 SC3777 ONB 1956. • A late 18th-century road that led out to the Abbeylands and gave access to the mountains. It evidently resulted from a petition from all the landowners in Baldwin and Abbeylands asking for a carriage road (NGC2003). Named from the adjacent farm.

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BALLAQUAYLE Fm. Ballaquayle 1729D01729(13), Ballaquale (obsol.)· Formerly at 0275 SC3876, now demolished ONB1956. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 371). • 'Quayle's farm* Mx. bailey y Quayle, G. baile 'ic Phdil / Phoil. To Gibbon McFayle in LA 1511. FN: Lhag-Chree 1800DM 1802(20). As it stands the name could m e a n 'boundary hollow' *Mx; G. lag + crioch, g. criche 'boundary'. But it is likely a variant of Lag Crea (see in PNIM/IV: 371) and Lag Crea Road below, i.e. 'clay hollow' Mx. lag cray, G. lag + ere. - Money-Voar 1737DM1741(57) 'big turbary' Mx. moanee vooar, G. monaidh mhor. Falcon Cliff built on this field (SS123). See also under the Putts. Other FN: the Quarter 1729D01729(13), the Sand fields 1793DM1802(19). - B A L L A Q U A Y L E HOUSES Balla Quayle houses 1799DM 1802(18), BallaQuayle old houses (by Douglas Sand) 1800D01810(14). - BALLAQUAYLE ROAD the Balla Quayle Road 1807DM 1810(40), Ballaquayle Road MAdv.08.12.1810, the Ballaquayle Road 1836D01836 (25), Ballaquayle Road 1838001842(53), Ballaquayle Road. Ext. fr. 9323 SC 3777 to 1946 SC3876 ONB1957, Ballaquayle Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • A main road in Douglas, having developed from the access road to Ballaquayle Farm at the bottom of Dukes Road. - B A L L A Q U A Y L E STREAM Balla Quayle stream MMerc.02.04.1793, Ballaquayle stream MAdv.08.12.1810, Ballaquayle stream 1821D01822 (24). • Originating in the Woodbourne area it flows down through Glen Falcon and is then culverted under the lower part of Broadway. From the bottom of Derby Road down to the shore the stream formed the boundary between QLBallakermeen and QL-Ballaquayle (SS28-29). - BALLEY QUAYLE CELLAR Bailey Quayle Cellar in Duglas OD 1(73) 1718. Junction of Drury Lane and Bond Lane (SD03/03). Later site of the Brick House. BANK HILL Bank Hill CS1861, 1891, Bank Hill. PubRd. ext. fr. 8131 to 8125 SC3775 ONB1957. • Built in 1818 to facilitate access between the Douglas Bridge (built in 1778, predecessor of the present bridge) and Athol Street. It received its name from

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a banking institution (Edward Forbes & John Wulff) built on the west side of the hill in 1833 (now part of the Railway Station). The bank ceased trading in 1843. The hill was also known as Railway Station Hill and Bridge Hill (qv). BANK OF MONA Bank of Mona (Prospect Hill) CS1861. Now Government Buildings. See under Tynwald. BANK'S LANE Bank's Lane MS.07.08.1832. ?South Quay. • Location uncertain. BANKS: Ales Banks Garden (adj. "Fairbrothers Sandside house") [S]) OD2 (12)1704. • Northern Eng. surname, perhaps from Banks in Cumbria (first recorded in Man in 1603; JJKP32). Garden in Duke Street between present King Street and Victoria Street (SD20/03). BANKS: James Banks's Cellar (Broad Street) EF1722/154. BANKS: Robt. Bancks [House] (adj. Quill's House and Backside [S], Seashore E) 1774DM1774 "Thomas Cain's house" S) 1780D01784 (32), the Church field or Gicks Field (adj. St. Georges Church, St. Georges Street) 1837D01839(17), the Church Field or Gicks Field 1837DM 1840(3138). See also under the Hills. • Between Peel Road and Upper Church Street. CHURCH LANE Church Lane (N of Athol Street) 1825DO 1830(27). • An early name for St. George's Walk (qv) (SS38). See under Athol Lane. CHURCH ROAD Church Rd. CS1881, Church Road CS1891, Church Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Today labelled as Church Road Marina, being originally part of the Marina Estate. CHURCH STREET Church Street MMerc. 16.04.1793, Church Street 1795 DM 1798(33), Church Street LA1797, Church Street 1805DM1806(20), Church Street 1818D01818(34), Church Street 1821DM1828(19), Church St. LA 1870, Church Street CS 1841-91, Church Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Runs from Lord Street to Athol Street (then as now). Takes its name from St. George's Church, completed in 1780. The section from Athol Street to Circular Road has been known from ca. 1860 as Upper Church Street (qv) (SS38). - CHURCH STREET (16 Parr Es) Church Street LA 1783, Church Street LA 1797, Church St. LA 1870. - CHURCH STREET (26 Kelly, Ws.) Church Street LA 1783, Church Street LA 1797.

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CIRCULAR ROAD Circular Road CS1861-91, Circular Road. Ext. fr. 5549 to 9567 SC3775 ONB1957. • A link road between Peel Road and the Ramsey Road (Bucks Road) built during the 1850s. It follows the contours of the hill round, hence its name. - CIRCULAR TERRACE Circular Ter. CS1871. Circular Road. CIRCUS BEACH Circus Beach OT(SS39). See also under Douglas Beach. • A section of shore between the Victoria and Edward piers. There had been a circus held on the site later occupied by the Steam Packet warehouses for many years towards the end of the 19th century, advertising for which was mounted on large posters displayed across the seaward side of the building above the beach. The beach evidently received its name from this circus (SS39). CLADDAUGH CROFT (QL-Ballaquayle) Claddaugh Croft (adj. Killinghan's Croft) 1766DM 1769(48). • 'embankment, river-bank' Mx. claddagh, G. cladach. Close to the river near Port-y-Chee. See also under Ballaquayle in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 37172). C L A G U E : John Clague the Lads Houses (upper end of Douglas) 1745DM 1747(42). • Mx. surname. The epithet Lad is probably a nickname in view of Clague Bane and Clague Beg below. CLAGUE: John Clague's Garden (adj. "James Moore's houses and Garden" [E]) OD2(63)1719. CLAGUE: Phillip Claige's Cow house ODl(54)1715, Phillip Clagues Houses 1747DM1747(47). CLAGUE (Cott. 58, gdn adj.): Phill Clagues garden LA 1703, Phill. Clagues Garden LCB1704, Phillip Clagues Garden ("in the upper End of the Towne of Douglass") ODl(61)1718. • Sited on the south side of Barrack Street / Hanover Street (SD14/10). Phill Clague's concern (NGC2003). CLAGUE BANES HOUSE John Clauge Banes house (by John Vinches Garden) 1729DM1731(46), Claige Bains House 1741DM1743(41). • 'fair-haired Clague's house' Mx. Clague Bane, w. Eng. generic, G. ban. Sited on the south side of Lord Street adjoining Gelling's Court (SD13/12).

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CLAGUE BEGS Clague Begs (Kewley's Lane) LA 1870. • 'wee Clague's (house)' Mx. Clague Beg, G. beag. CLAGUES HOTEL Clagues Hotel 1797D01800(25). • From its proprietor John Clague who kept this tavern in the 1790s till c. 1813. The house was then taken over by the auctioneer W. Dixon who occupied it until William Clark of the Cumberland removed his sign there in 1815 (NM425, 135, SC41). See also under Cumberland Tavern. CLARE TERRACE Clare Terrace (Bucks Road, "newly erected") MS.02. 02.1856. CLARENCE INN Clarence Inn SCD1857, Clarence Inn (North Quay) CS1861. • According to SCD1857, this inn stood at 7 Lord Street. Last mentioned in 1876 (NM 124). CLARENCE TERRACE Clarence Terrace CS1861-91, Clarence Terrace 3643 SC3876 ONB1957, Clarence Terrace ONB1965. On Central Promenade. • Laid out on part of Castle Mona Lawn in the 1840s. Probably named from William, Duke of Clarence and third son of George III, who became King William IV (1830-1837) (KQGB1970, SS39-40). CLARENDON HOTEL (North Quay) Clarendon Hotel CS 1891, Clarendon Hotel ONB1965. • Stood on the corner of North Quay and Harris Lane. To the west it had the Douglas Hotel, and on the opposite corner to the east the Manchester Hotel (now it has the open space of the former bus station, now a car-park) (SC49). CLARK (5 Parr): Jemmy Clark's [House & Yard] LA 1783, Jemmy Clarks LA 1797. • A translation or anglicisation of the Mx. surname, Mx. cleragh,

G.

cleireach, mac a' chleirigh. CLARK: Capt. Clark's Garden (by Drumgold Street) 1810DM1810(30). C L A R K : Dan Clarks Concerns (nr. Jon. Jo. Bacon Esq's Concerns & Paul Gellings Garden or Yard) 1786DM1794(98). CLARK: John Clarkes house (opp. Joyners) LC1680/85, John Clarks House (adj. ComStr. E) 1780DM1784(40), John Clark's House (Strand Street) 1829DO1829( 15).

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CLARKE STREET Clarke Street CS1881, 1891. Off Bucks Road. • Two fields on the Hills Estate known as the Camp Field and the Clay Field (see under Hills below) were sold off for building in 1871. They covered the area bounded by Princes Street, Westmoreland Road, Allan Street and Bucks Road and were purchased in their entirety by a syndicate, one of whom was Douglas grocer Archibald Clarke of the Nappin in Jurby (SS40). - BACK CLARKE STREET Back Clarke Street CS1881. CLEATOR STREET Cleator Street CS1841. See also Cleator Lane and Water Lane. • A Cumbrian surname from the place of that name in that county. First recorded in Man in 1511 (JJKP66). A small alley linking Fancy Street and Water Lane, sometimes regarded as part of Water Lane (qv). Named from a family of Cleators who had property there (SS40). - CLEATORS LANE (Water Lane) Cleators Lane CS1881, 1891. See also Cleator Street and Water Lane. CLIFTON TERRACE Clifton Terrace CS 1891, Clifton Terrace. On west side of Ballaquayle Road ONB1965. • Laid out on Murray's Ballaquayle during the 1880s. Possibly named after Clifton in Cumbria, the birthplace of philanthropist Henry Bloom Noble (cf. Noble's Hospital), or after Clifton College, Bristol, where the Manx poet T. E. Brown had taught for some thirty years (SS40). CLINCH'S BREWERY; see under the Lake Brewery. CLOSE BEG (Est: Joyner) Close Beg (adj. the Hills Estate S, Ballakermeen W, Finch's Estate E) M/Co.1805. • 'little enclosure' Mx; G. clos beag. Shaped like a 'peardrop', this part of Joyner's Estate embraces present-day Nurses' Home, Demesne Road industrial units, Ballacloan School and Crookall House (Maternity Home) (SS67). CLOSE ROBERT OATES (27 Nunnery) Robt. Oats his Close (adj. "the Milners Garden" E) OD2(53)1715, Ro: Oates Close EF1722/59-69, Close Robert Oates (at the Nunnery Lake) 1764D01764(17), Close Robert Oates (by Nunnery Lake) LA 1783, Close Robert Oates LA 1797, Close Robert Oates (Nunnery Lake) 1809 DM1812(25), Close Robert Oates LA1870.

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• For comment on the name Oates see under Michael Oates below. There seems to be some confusion between Robert Oates Close, which was part of the Nunnery Rent in Ballakermeen and which was situated on both sides of the Peel Road, and Oates's Land which was an overlapping area slightly further east. This latter estate included the undeveloped portion of Robert Oates's Close east of the Peel Road, but also most of Kelly's Rent. Oates's Land was seemingly assembled by at times unsavoury means by William Oates around 1730. William (c.1730) was of the Oates family of Bibaloe in Kirk Conchan, whereas Robert (c. 1630) belonged to a branch of the same family that had established itself earlier in Douglas (NGC2003). CLOSE'S HOUSE Closes house 1779DM1784(44), Close's House (nr. William Callow's House) 1785DM1789(91). ?Duke Street. • Irish surname, G. 0 Clusaigh, of Yorkshire or of Irish origin (MacLysaght 1978: 47). CLOSES'S CONCERNS (67 Joyner) Close's Concern 1767D01767(27), Close's Concerns ("on the Sandside") LA 1783, Closes Concerns M/Co 1801. • On the west side of Castle Street (NGC2003). CLUCAS (Cott. 20): Tho. Clucas holding LA 1703, Clucases house & Garden OD2(84)1721, Clucases house 1723DM 1724(37), Clucases house and Garden 1723DM 1724(40). • Mx. surname, Mx. Clugaaish, G. mac Lucais, angl. as Clucas. Sited on the north side of Water Lane at the dog-leg (SD19/03). CLYPSE ROAD (Willaston) Clypse Road. Ext. fr. 9149 SC3777 to 0659 SC3877 ONB1956. • Named from the farm Clypse in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 384). COCHRANE; see under Cockrane. COCKRANE: Cockran's House or Concern (adj. ComStr. Ν, E) 1799DM 1800(21), Cockranes House 1810D01810(18). • An English spelling of Cochran(e), a Scottish surname, according to Black (1962: 158-59), MacLysaght (1978: 49), common in Ulster as a result of Scottish settlement. First recorded in Man in 1744 (JJKP68). A large house on the west side of Heywood Place to the south of Heywood House (SD14/01 part).

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COFFEE PALACE (North Quay) Coffee Palace CS1881, 1891. • On the corner between the North Quay and Fairy Ground adjacent to the Clarendon Hotel on the south-western edge of the former bus station. An old building which in the 1870s had been Priestly's Restaurant, it became a strictly tee-total establishment in an area of public bars (NM136). Demolished during the 1934-35 clearances. - COFFEE PALACE BERTH Coffee Palace Berth OT1989-92. • That part of the harbour berthing facility beginning in front of the former Coffee Palace and continuing eastwards to the Double Corner. Name still in use. COLEHOUSE, the (cellar) the Colehouse 1714D01752(61). Unlocated. COLLECTOR, the the Collector (nr. John Corkill's House & Paul Gelling's House) 1774D01777(57). • An unusual name for a house. It suggests the quarters of an official who collected some sort of toll or tax. A precursor of the seneschal? COLLINS LANE Collins Lane CS 1861. Unlocated. COLLISTER: Collisters house (adj. "the street near the Seneschals office" E) 1826DM1836(35). See also Callister above. • Mx. surname, G. mac Alasdair. COLONEL'S ROAD Colonel Road CS1881, Colonel's Road (obsol.). Formerly extended from 2399 SC3875 to 3432 SC3876 ONB1957, Colonel's Road (obsol.) ONB 1965. Now Harris Promenade. • That portion of road between Marina Road and Broadway. Completely reconstructed and renamed Harris Promenade (qv). Named from Col. Robert Steuart, son to George Steuart, the Scottish architect employed by the Duke of Atholl to build the Castle Mona. Col. Steuart built and lived in Villa Marina (qv). See also Sand Road. COLONNADE, the the Colonnade OT1989-92. A covered walk including a number of shops, and giving access to the Villa Marina Gardens. COMMERCIAL, the (Inn); see under Butcher's Arms. COMMERCIAL HOTEL Commercial Hotel (North Quay) CS1891. • Near the Bridge Inn. First listed 1843, last mentioned 1889 (NM124) COMMERCIAL INN Commercial Inn (Strand Street) SCD1857. • At 24 Strand Street (NM125).

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COMMERICAL INN; see under the Grosvenor Hotel. CONISTER ['kgnista] LC1989 Conistre [Conister] MS. 10.04.1840, Conister or St. Mary's Rock. Large rock ct. 8553 SC3875 ONB1957, Conister ONB 1965. See also under St. Mary's Rock. • Kneen (JJK220) suggests 'end of the rock / reef' G. ceann w. ON lw. sker (G. sgeir), viz. *ceantt a' sgeir, Mx. kione y ster, w. medial (as here in a nominal phrase) -sk- -> -st- in Mx. (cf. §7.22.). The reference would be to an outlier of the Pollock Rocks on which the (head of) the Victoria Pier is built. However, Marstrander (NTS/VI: 97) does not accept Kneen's suggestion on phonological grounds, maintaining that -sk- in stressed position does not become -st- in Manx. Instead he offers ON konu-sker

(kona

'woman')

'woman's rock'. The element kona (along with kerling 'woman' and gygr 'ogress, witch'), Marstrander maintains, is common in Scandinavian rock and cliff names. However, Gillian Fellows-Jensen (pc. 26.09.2003) comments that, if Conister is of ON origin, the first element would seem likely to be

konungs

'king's', as in Coniston ('the king's manor') in the Lake District (cf. Ekwall (1960: 120)), or as in Conisakir 'King's acre' near Ronaldsway (cf. Chronicles of Man f.53v), i.e. 'the King's reef'. The name is attested late and is not recorded from the last native Manx Gaelic speakers, and so we do not know how it was traditionally pronounced. If the name is Gaelic, then we would expect the stress to fall on sker/ster,

cf.

ieskaryn, eiskaryn (GEM133), eeasteyryn [ji:'st?xan] 'fishermen' (HLSM/II: 143), where stressed sk- (Phillips) became st- (Late Manx) (pace Marstrander ibid). The present pronunciation, however, has the stress on the first syllable which may either suggest that the name was originally Old Norse, as Marstrander thinks (ibid.), or is an anglicisation of an earlier Gaelic form. Conister lies just off the Pollock Rocks (qv) to the north-east and could be regarded as an extension of them. It was a constant hazard to shipping prior to the erection of the Tower of Refuge (qv) on the rock in 1834. It is recorded as being (British) Crown property in 1870. See also under St. Mary's Rock. CONISTER

ROAD (Willaston) Conister Road. Ext. fr. 8299 to 9088

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CONN AUGHT TERRACE; see under Loch Promenade. • Named from the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland. COOILE'S HOUSE (15 Parr) Coules house (to Isable Coule als Christian) OD 1(25) 1702, Couils house 1736DM 1742(76), Cooile's House (opp. Cottiman's Concerns) LA 1783, Cooile's LA 1797, Cooiles (?St. George's Street) LA 1870. • Mx. surname, G. mac Dhubhghaill. There were two Cooile's properties: 1) to Isabel Cowell alias Christian on the east side of Heywood Place (SD13/02), and 2) Cooil's Shop (c.1870) which stood where the HSBC Bank in Victoria Street is today and was on Ballakermeen (SD-BK703/02 Hutchin's Garden). COOK'S HARBOUR Cook's Harbour MS. 10.10.1846. • An alternative name for Purt y Vattey (PNIM/IV: 413), now the MER Depot. COOYLE, the (Cott. 47) The Cooyle (hs/gdns "on the sandside"), LA 1703, the Coile LCB1704, the Cooyle LA 1709, the Cooyle LA 1750, the Cooyle LA 1797, the Cooil LA 1870. • 'corner, nook' Mx. cooil, G. ciiil. Later known as Water Lane (SD19/03). CORKIL: William Corkils Garden 1755D01755(61). Unlocated. • Mx. surname containing G. mac + the ON pers. name Thorkill. CORKILL: John Corkills house 1774DO1777(57). Unlocated. CORKILL: Robert Corkills hous (sic) and garden OD2(10)1704. • Sited on the north side of Barrack Street near its junction with Big Well Street (SD16/01 + 16/02). CORLET: Robt. Corlets house (adj. "Margt. Kellys house [W]) 1756D01757 (49). • Mx. surname containing G. mac + the ON pers. name Thorljotr. The house was built on the western corner of Water Lane at its junction with King Street (SD19/08). CORLETT: Ewan Corlett's Brewhouse (adj. "Whiteside's garden" N) 1749 D01749(51), Ewan Corlett's Cow House (adj. Whiteside's Yard N) 1749 D01749(51). • His property was sited either side of Lord Street near the present Peter Luis building (SD19/13).

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CORLETT: Thomas Corlett's Smithy (nr. the Shop) 1787DM 1789(78). C O R N E R HOUSE, the the Corner House (Prospect Hill / Athol Street) 1842 DO1842(28). CORRAN: Corran's great Garden (adj. "Thos. Christians & Jon Crow's Garden" S, "Wm. Corran's House" N) 002(81)1720. • Mx. surname, G. mac Corrdin. C O R R A N : Paul Corran's Dwelling House, Paul Corrran's Barn (by John Corrin's Garden) 1787D01787(58), Paul Corran's house ("in Church Street") 1819D01825(26). CORRAN: Wm. Corran's House (adj. "Corran's great Garden" [S]) OD2(81) 1720. C O R R A N ' S / C O R R I N ' S COURT Corrans Court 1832D01833(14), Corran's Court MS.07.06.1848, Corrins Court (John Street) MS.25.03. 1853, Collins [Corrins] Court CS1861, Corrins Court CS1871, 1881, Corrans Court CS1891. See also under Corran's Place. • Ran south from John Street on the site of the present Town Hall and named after Thomas Corran who owned all the property in the court. Demolished to make way for the Town Hall during the 1890s (SS41). C O R R A N ' S TANYARD Paul Corran's Tanyard (Thomas Street) 1811DM 1811(16). CORRAN'S PLACE Corrans Place CS1841, Corrins Place CS1851. • See under Corran's / Corrin's Court above. CORRIN: Corrings Sellar (adj. "Phillip Moors shop" S, ?Sandside) ODl(8) 1711. • Mx. surname from G. mac + the ON pers. name Thorfinnr. Sited on the north side of James Street at the eastern corner of Gelling's Court (SD11/06)? Certainly Philip Moore's shop is SD11/05. CORRIN: Corrins Concerns (adj. ComStr. S) 1803D01803(29). Location uncertain. CORRIN: Danl. Corrins House (adj. Sea shore S, the Back Street N) 1804DO 1805(11). CORRIN: John Corrin's Garden (opp. Paul Corran's Dwelling House, adj. Paul Corran's Barn) 1787D01787(58).

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CORRIN: John Corrin's houses ("That dwelling house brew house outhouses shop and yard known as John Corrin's Houses [...] and all that parcel of intack adjoining [...] extending to the harbour") 1762DO1763(40). • North Quay / Crooked Lane (SD12/04). CORRIS: Corns house (adj. "Philip Kneals Garden" W) 1757DM 1758(95). • Mx. surname, G. mac Mhuirgheasa. CORRIS: Corris's Garden (adj. Joseph Cannells Garden E, Philip Higgin's Garden S, La/Rd N) 1756DOi756(53), Corris's Garden (Ballakermeen) 1818 DM1818(39). • Belonged to John Corns in 1705. Situated on the south side of present day Nelson Street / Drumgold Street (SD-BK03/03). CORRIS: John Corns his houses 1723DO1727(17), John Corris's old dwelling house 1734D01735(35). • On the south side of James Street (SD12/16). COSNAHAN'S BREWERY Mark Cosnahan's Brewery ("in the Publick Street") 1809D01811(14). • Mx. surname, G. mac Cosnachain. North side of Hanover Street (SD17/01 part). See also under Hoops Brewery. COSNAHAN'S CORNER Cosnahan's Corner (North Quay) CS1841. • Where Queen Street joins the North Quay at the bottom of Hey wood Lane. Named from a prominent family of Douglas merchants (SS58). Also known as Fleetwood Corner (qv) (SS41-42) and Lawrence's Corner (qv). COTTAGE, the the Cottage (Bath Street) 1827DOi829(22). COTTIMAN'S CONCERNS (opp. Cooile's House) Cottiman's Concerns LA 1783. • Probably the Eng. surname Cottingham (?from Cottingham, Yorkshire), first recorded in Man in 1511 (JJKP80). Or -i- may be a svarabhakti vowel from Cotman, the holder of a cottage with a small piece of land who was required to do some work on the lord of the manor's estate. On the site of Colebourne's shops in Victoria Street (SD21/09 part). COTTIMANS BREWHOUSE: John Cottimans Brewhouse 1747DM1747 (48). Unlocated.

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C O U I N : Edward Couin's House (Ballakermeen, adj. PubStr. S) 1789DM 1789(79). • Mx. surname Cowin, G. mac

Comhghdin.

C O U L T H A R D : John Coulthards Concerns or Factory (Sandside, adj. sea shore Ε) 1807DO1810(22), John Coulthards Concerns ("being the Shop [..] on Strand Street or Sandside Street") 1807DM 1837(38), Coulthards Buildings ("Sand Street") MS.06.02.1847. • Scottish (Galloway) surname, a form of Coltart (cf. Black 1962: 164). - COULTHARD'S

B U I L D I N G S Coulthards Buildings ("in and near

strand street") 1809DM 1809(17, 18), Coulthards Buildings (adj. Strand Street W, sea shore E) 1846DM 1847(18). - C O U L T H A R D ' S YARD (off Strand Street) Coulthards Yard ("[...] a Court or Passage sometimes Called...") 1846D01847(19). • Just north of Howard Street on the right hand side of Strand Street, where Robinson's fruitshop was (SS42). COULTRY CANNELL'S INN; see under Coultry Cannell above. COURT HOUSE, the (Red Pier) the Court House ("on the Pier") MAdv.03. 10.1822. • Built in 1801 and demolished ca. 1870. On the site was built the Imperial Hotel, later Imperial Buildings (qv), the offices of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd (SS42). Replaced by the Court House in Athol Street (see next). COURT HOUSE (Athol Street) Court House CS1861-91. • Formerly the Oddfellows Hall in Athol Street, it was acquired as a court house in 1860, thus replacing the earlier Court House (qv) on the Red Pier. However, from 1849 to 1853 it served as the Prince of Wales Theatre (SS42, FR2003). C O W E N : Tammy Cowens House (Duke Lane) 1835DM1841(30). • Mx. surname Cowin. See also Couin above. C O W I L L : Cowill's house 1728D01729(12). • Mx. surname Cowle (see next). C O W L E : Charles Cowles Concerns (in Big Well Street) 1796DM1798(39). • Mx. surname, G. mac

Comhghaill.

COWLE: Robt. Cowles Garden LC1690-92/71.

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• Robert Cowle was husband to Isabel alias Christian. His houses was at Heywood Place (SD 13/02) and gardens were in Queen Street (SD 14/05 + 14/17). COWLEY: John Cowley's House (nr. the Big Well) 1783DM1792(60), John Cowley's Concerns 1788DO1792(44). • Mx. surname containing G. mac + the ON pers. name OUifr. COWLEY: Philip Cowley's House (adj. ComStr. W, Sea E) 1770D01772 (59). COWLEY'S CROFT (QL-Ballaquayle) Cowley's Croft 1737DM1741(57). • Between the present Empress Hotel and Empress Drive, Central Promen-ade (SS42). COWLEYS LANE Cowleys lane CS 1851. • Possibly for Kewley's Lane (qv). Otherwise unlocated. CRAIN: Crains house 1761DM1762(51). • Mx. surname Craine, G. mac gille Ckiardin. CRELLINS FIELD (67 Joyner) Crellins Field (by the Gooseneck) LA 1870. • Mx. surname, G. mac Nialldin. CRELLINS FIELD Crellin's Field M/RS1849, Crellins Field ("at the North End of Albert Terrace") MS.01.04.1854. • Bounded by Albert Terrace, Windsor Road, Prospect Terrace, and Sydney Street. CRELLINS HILL Crellins Hill CS1861. • Constructed by John Crellin of Ramsey to provide access to Windsor Park, an estate built by him on land he had purchased from the Joyner Ballakermeen Estate ca. 1840. Runs down from Windsor Road to Finch Road. The hill is quite steep (cf. SS43). CRELLIN'S ROAD Crellin's Road SS43. • The earlier name of Windsor Road (qv) when Windsor Park was being laid out. Named after John Crellin of Ramsey (see foregoing) (SS43). CRENNILL: the rent of Philip Crennill. See under the Water Course. • Mx. surname from G. mac + the ON pers. name Rognvaldr. CRESCENT, the the Crescent (adj. "the shore road leading from Douglas to Ramsey [...]") 1839D01844(30), the Crescent 1841D01841(31), the Crescent MS.07.06.1848, The Crescent CS1871, 1881, the Crescent (obsol.).

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Formerly ext. from 9507 SC3877 to 2432 SC3977 ONB1957, The Crescent (obsol.). Now Queen's Promenade ONB1965. • This name was adopted by the Duke of Atholl for his seaside property between Castle Mona and Strathallan Crescent (SS43). - CRESCENT CLIFFE Crescent Cliffe CS1871. • The brooghs to the rear of the Crescent. - CRESCENT HILL Crescent Hill (Thwaites' Directory 1863; SS43). • Noted only in this directory. Probably referred to Switzerland Road (qv) (SS43). - CRESCENT HOTEL, the the Crescent Hotel ("on the sands East of Castle Mona" adj. Rd. to Glencrutchery NW, Mona Cottage Garden W, "Buiwerk wall adjoining the sea shore" E, the Shell Cottage NE) 1830DC)1830(29), the Crescent Hotel 1830DM 1835(56), Crescent Hotel MS. 15.03.1831, Crescent Hotel CS1871, 1881. • Built by the Duke of Atholl in 1824 along with the cottages beside it, it was initially named The Mona. In 1826 it became the Crescent Hotel but for a short while ran under the name of the Oddfellows Inn. However, by 1876 it had resumed its old name, and shortly before the Second World War it was demolished and rebuilt in its present form. Now called Paramount City (NM417-18, SC61). - CRESCENT ROAD Crescent Road CS1891. • General name for the sea front from Broadway to Derby Castle prior to the application of the names Central Promenade and Queen's Promenade (SS43). - CRESCENT SANDS Crescent Sands MS.20.05.1828. • An early name for Strathallan Crescent (SS43). - CRESCENT VILLAGE Crescent Village ("east of Castle Mona") MS. 10. 09.1825, Crescent Village ("including the Crescent Hotel") MS. 18.05.1830. • A name given to the houses and other buildings on the sea front between the Castle Mona and Strathallan Crescent. CRITERION H O T E L Criterion Hotel (Parade Street) CS1891. • Known also as the Criterion Buffet, it joined with the York Hotel (qv) in the 1880s which stood next door to it (SC57). CROAGHAN'S HOUSE (31 Nunnery) Ann Croaghan's House ("at the upper end of the Town") LA 1783.

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• Irish surname, G. mac Conchruachdin. CROAK, the; see in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 88). • Adjacent to the Fort Anne Jetty. CRONKBOURNE

ROAD Cronkbourne Road. Ext. fr. 5082 to 6054

SC3776 ONB1956. • Laid out as a convenient route from Upper Douglas to Cronkbourne across part of Farrant's Ballaquayle estate ca. 1904. Runs between Albany Road and Quarter Bridge Road. Named from Cronkbourne in Tromode. For the name Cronkbourne see in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 94-95). - CRONKBOURNE

AVENUE Cronkbourne Avenue. Ext. fr. 5474 to

6568 SC3776 ONB1956. • Off Cronkbourne Road. Laid out in the early 1920s, it was originally intended to link up with Somerset Road (SS43). CROOKED LANE Crooked Lane MS.24.05.1828, Crooked Lane CS 1881, Crooked Lane (obsol.). Formerly a public road, now demolished. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • The more general name for St. Martin's Lane. It ran diagonally from North Quay to James Street behind the British Hotel. It likely received its name from the dog-leg where it met Quayle's Lane. Demolished in the clearances of the 1890s (SS43). CROSBY TERRACE Crosby Terrace. A terrace of houses separately numbered ONB1965. • Laid out at the end of the 19th century on the site of the Ballaquayle farm buildings. Probably named after the village of that name in Kirk Marown (see PNIM/V: 190-91). CROSS: Patrick Cross's House ("in Drumgold Street") 1831D01831(10). • Anglo-Norman surname (first recorded in Man in 1495; JJKP87). CROSS, the (Cott. 20, 55 at) the Cross LA 1703, the Cross LA 1709, the Cross EF1722/155, the Cross LA1750, the Cross LA1797, the Cross LA 1870. • No drawings or illustrations of the Douglas Cross have survived but it is thought to have been at the corner of the Market Building facing towards Duke Street and marked by a fountain in the wall (SS43-44).

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- CROSS, the (Cott. 53, 62 at) the Cross ("sellar at") LA 1703, the Cross LA 1709. CROSS KEYS, the; see under the Albion Hotel. CROSS FOUR ROADS (Ballaquayle) Cross-four-roads MAdv. 15.03. 1831. C R O W : Jon Crow's Garden (adj. "Corrans great Garden" [N]) OD2(81) 1720. • Mx. surname Crowe, G. mac Conchradha. Seemingly sited at the western corner of Fancy Street with Lord Street (SD 18/09). See also Corran's Great Garden and John Christian's Concerns above. CROWN INN (Duke Lane) Crown Inn CS1861, 1891. • Once stood on the corner of Muckle's Gate and Duke Lane from c a 1822 till it was demolished during the clearances of 1935 (NM 136, SC36). CROWN STREET Crown Street M/T1834, Crown Street ("at the Seneschal's Office") CS1841. • An earlier name for Seneschal Lane (qv). Not named after an inn (pace SS44), but gained its name after 1828 when the British Crown acquired the Duke of Atholl's manorial rights and certain properties including the Seneschal's Office, the future High Bailiff Quirk's house, and two houses in St. Barnabas Square, which were all effectively in Seneschal Lane (PRO Kew via NGC 2003). CRY: William Crys House ("in Barrack Street") 1827DO1827(13). • Mx. surname Crye, G. mac Craith. CUBBIN'S BREWERY; see under the Union Brewery. CUBBON: John Cubbons Garden 1754D01754(46). Unlocated. • Mx, surname, G. mac Giobuin, ANorm. Gibun. CUBBON: Patrick Cubbons house (adj. "Gilbert Smiths House and Garden" [W]) 1726DM1727(64). • Site of the winebar C'est La Vie on the north side of Victoria Street near Duke Street (SD21/05). CUBBON: Philly Cubbon's House (King Street) MS. 15.01.1836. CUBBON: Thomas Cubbon's Buildings (Duke Street) 1817DM1825(15).

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• Later R. C. Cain's and now a number of different shops on the east side of Duke Street north of the junction with Fort Street (NGC2003). CULLODEN PLACE (Barrack Street) Culloden Place CS1851, 1861. • On the north-west side of Barrack Street, it now lies under the lower portion of Shaw's Brow car-park. Probably named after the battle of that name in Inverness-shire in 1746. CUMBERLAND COURT; see under Moore's Court. CUMBERLAND PLACE Cumberland Place SS44. • On the east side of Fancy Street close to the lane between King Street and Lord Street. Demolished during the clearances of the 1890s (SS44). CUMBERLAND INN, the; see under the Cumberland Tavern. CUMBERLAND TAVERN, the (Moore's Court, off James Street) Cumberland Tavern MS.26.02.1826, the Cumberland Tavern 1846DM1847 (17), Old Cumberland Tavern MS.22.01.1853, Cumberland Inn CS1861, 1881, Cumberland Arms CS 1891. • During the 1790s the inn was kept by a John Clague and known simply as Clague's (or Clague's Hotel (qv)), although officially named the Douglas Hotel. Renamed Cumberland Tavem in 1815. Demolished in the clearances of the 1890s (SC41, SS44). It was centred on the former town-houses belonging to the Moores, later of the Hills (SD11/13). There was also a Cumberland Tavern in Big Well Street in 1806-1810 and a Cumberland Inn at 8 Heywood Place (which led on to North Quay by Queen Street). This had opened in 1836 in a house then called the Eagle and Child (NM421). CUMBERLAND TERRACE Cumberland Terrace CS1891. Circular Road. • A small terrace at the rear of Circular Road with access from Hillside Terrace. Near Westmoreland Road. Probably named from the former county in north-west England (now in Cumbria). Demolished in the early 1990s (SS44). CUNNINGHAM'S HOLIDAY CAMP; see under Linden Grove. CURE: Cures toultan [tholtan] and garden ("a toulton and garden at the upper end of the town called by the name of Cures toultan and garden") EW1700 (Thomas Huggin). • Scottish / Irish surname McCure, Mclvar, G. mac Iomhair.

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The tholtan and garden were both sited on the east side of Heywood Place (SD13/01 & 13/13 respectively). Now under Lord Street. CURPHEY: Ewan Curpheys House (adj. "Robt Karrans House" [E]) 1749 DO1749(44), Ewan Curpheys house 1785DO1787(62). • Mx. surname, G. mac Mhurchaidh. House in former New Bond Street (SD01/06). CURPHEY: Parson Curphey's House or Concerns 1757D01757(51). • On the site of the Laxey Inn (qv) in Chapel Lane (SD09/06). CURPHEY: Robt. Curphey's house (adj. ComStr. "at the shore" E) 1750 DM1751(43). CURPHEY'S BREWERY Thos. Curphey's Brewery Dwelling house & concerns (upper end of Big Well Street) 1831DM1832(32). • Upper end of Big Well Street. CUSTOM HOUSE Custom House CS1861. • Now the Douglas Hotel, once the residence of the Duke of Atholl before he moved into Port-e-Chee then Castle Mona (1804) (SS44). The Custom House later moved to the former Town Hall in St. Barnabas' Square (SS132). CUSTOM HOUSE Custom House ONB1965. • Transferred from the Douglas Hotel on the North Quay to St. Barnabas' Square. Also served as the first Town Hall. Demolished during the 1980s (cf. also SS139). CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY Custom-house Quay MAdv. 12.04.1821, Custom House Quay CS 1841, Custom House Quay MS.01.01.1853. • The early name for the lower part of the North Quay from the Market Place to the Double Corner at the former swing-bridge (SS44). CYPRESS GROVE (Pulrose) Cypress Grove. PubRd. ONB1965. • Named in 1938 (SS44). CYPRUS TERRACE Cyprus Terrace CS1881. Allan Street. • Former name of the terrace on the lower side of Allan Street between the rear of Finch Hill Church and Peveril Street. Probably named after the Mediterranean island of that name ceded to Britain by Turkey in 1878, shortly after which that part of Allan Street was built (SS44).

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D DAIRIES, the; see under Springfield Gardens. DALES YARD Dales Yard CS1841. Unlocated. DALTON STREET Dalton Street CS1871-91. Off Windsor Road. • Anglo-Norman surname (cf. MacLysaght 1978: 73). Formerly known as Windsor Place, it was part of the Windsor Park complex of John Crellin of Ramsey and named by him, possibly after the chemist and philosopher John Dalton who died in 1844, some time prior to the building of the first houses in that street (SS45). According to the Manx Sun for 17.12.1859, a new Grammar School had recently [1858] been opened up at Nos. 2 & 3 Dalton Street - DALTON TERRACE Dalton Terrace CS1861, 1871. • An early name for the terrace on the upper side of Dalton Street (SS45). DAN Ε BEGS HOUSE Dan-E-begs house (butcher's shop in Strand Street) 1845DO1846(68). • ?For Danny Beg's 'wee Danny's', w. Eng. generic. DARDANELLES, the the Dardanelles OT(SS45). • A nickname given to Tynwald Terrace in Back Strand Street (SS45). Presumably so called because this was a narrow passage, as were the Dardanelles for shipping (NGC2003). The name may have been applied after the First World War battle there in 1915, and would belong to that category of name, such as Egypt, Canaan, America, Brazil, Arabia, etc, applied to something out of the ordinary. DAWSON: Col. Dawson's House ("at the Old Bridge [...]") MAdv. 12.03. 1814. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1611; JJKP94). DEEMSTER'S BRIDGE; see under Governor's Bridge. DEMESNE ROAD [da man] lp Demesne Road CS1891, Demesne Road. Ext. fr. 5970 to 8591 SC3775 ONB1956. Off Bucks Road. • Laid out by Philip Christian from 1883 on part of the Finch Hill Estate and extended through to Westmoreland Road in 1927. Before Christian lived in the present Finch Hill House (now St. Bridget's Hospice), he lived in a distinctive slate-fronted house on Bucks Road at the entrance to Demesne Road.

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The name may derive from the fact that he was building the road on his own 'demesne' (SS45). DENTON'S HOUSE Denton's House (to Lancelot Denton DG) 1779DM 1782(76). Unlocated. • Eng. surname probably from Denton, near Manchester. DERBY CASTLE Derby Castle MS. 16.02.1838, Derby Castle CS 1841, 1881, 1891, Derby Castle. Bldg. 6227 SC3977 ONB1957. • Purchased from Deemster Heywood by the Duke of Atholl in 1822, along with the stretch as far as and including Little Switzerland, thus completing his ownership of the whole of the Douglas Bay seafront. After the Duke's death in 1830 the four end houses and the section as far as Purt y Vaatey (now the MER tram depot) were sold to Samuel Pollock, a retired military man. By 1837 Pollock had built Strathallan Lodge (now the Terminus Tavern) as his private residence, as well as Derby Castle (known for a while as Pollock Castle) which saw a succession of tenants over the next forty years. In 1876 Derby Castle and its grounds were bought and converted into a hotel and pleasure park, and in 1886 a pavilion had been erected adjacent to the hotel for indoor entertainment. In 1895 a new opera house and variety theatre were opened. However, in 1898, to ensure its survival, Derby Castle merged with the Palace (adjoining the Castle Mona Hotel), the Falcon Cliff and the Pavilion Theatre and continued in operation until it was sold to Douglas Corporation in the 1960s. It was then demolished and replaced in 1971 by Summerland leisure complex (burned down in 1973) and Aquadrome. The name Derby Castle is continued in the terminus for the MER and horse trams (SS45-46, FR2003). - DERBY CASTLE STATION (Manx Electric Railway) Derby Castle Station sit. 4839 SC3977 ONB1956. DERBY ROAD Derby Road CS1871-91, Derby Road. Ext. fr. 7829 SC3776 to 2539 SC3876 ONB1956, Derby Road. PubRd. ONB1965. See also under Love Lane. • The earlier name for the lower part of Derby Road was Love Lane. The name Derby Road arose out of a terrace of houses (Derby Terrace) built during the 1840s on the north side of what became Derby Square (SS46). The name in all probability derives from the Earls of Derby (the Stanleys of

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Knowsley, near Liverpool) who were Lords of Man 1405-1736. The Stanleys obtained the title Earl of Derby after the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 in which Sir Thomas Stanley played a decisive role. DERBY

S Q U A R E (Est: Marina) Derby Square MS.28.03.1846, Derby

Square 1846D01847(18, 41), Derby Square CS1861-91, Derby Square. Ext. fr. 0228 thro 1230, 1120, 0321 to 0228 SC3876 ONB1957, Derby Square. An ornamental garden surrounded by a public road. The name includes those portions of roadway northwards to Derby Road and southwards at the sides of Nos. 31 & 40 Derby Square ONB1965. • Straddles the boundary between QL-Ballaquayle and QL-Ballakermeen (Joyner's section). In 1836 terraced houses began to be built on four sides of an open square, with an additional terrace abutting the north side to be called Derby Terrace, later incorporated into Derby Road. The garden in the square was vested in the Borough of Douglas in 1945 (SS47). - D E R B Y S Q U A R E L A N E Derby Square Lane CS1891, Derby Square Lane. PubRd. ONB 1965. DERBY T E R R A C E Derby Terrace MS.28.03.1846, Derby Terrace ("adjoining Love Lane") MS.31.05.1848, Derby Terrace CS1861-91. • Later incorporated into Derby Road (see foregoing). D E R B Y T E R R A C E Derby Terrace. Terrace of houses ct. 4353 SC3876 ONB 1957. Central Promenade. • The block of six houses immediately to the south of the Empress Hotel. They were demolished and replaced by the present buildings in the 1890s (SS47). D E V I L ' S E L B O W Devil's Elbow OT(SS47). • A misalignment located at the junction of Duke Street and Strand Street at Drum gold Street, still evident today. The street was only seven feet wide at the misalignment. The 'offending' building was demolished in 1886 (SS47). D E V O N S H I R E R O A D Devonshire Road. Ext. fr. 8833 SC3676 to 2730 SC3776 ONB 1956. • Laid out ca. 1900 on the western extremity of Farrant's Ballaquayle estate. Probably named from the Cavendish Family, Dukes of Devonshire, of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (SS47).

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- DEVONSHIRE CRESCENT Devonshire Crescent. Ext. fr. 9224 SC3676 to 1624 SC3776 thro 0530 ONB1956. • Built adjacent to Devonshire Road in the 1930s (SS47). DEVONSHIRE TERRACE Devonshire Terrace SS47. Bray Hill. • The row of houses on Bray Hill between Lancaster Road and Hildesley Road. No additional information available (SS47). DICKSON: Dicksons house 1714DM1726(26). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1430; JJKP99). To Robert Dickson. Property donated to form the site of the later Grammar School in New Bond Street (SD03/01; also SDxiii). DIXON'S LIVERY STABLES Dixon's Livery Stables (in the street near the Parade) 1827D01829(22). • No connection with the foregoing. DOG'S HOME, the; see under the Victoria Hotel. DONKEY FIELDS Donkey Fields OT(SS48). • General name for the area between Annacur and Springfield Mansion (see in Kirk Braddan; PNIM/V: 26, 137) on which the Corporation donkeys were put out to grass after the season on Douglas beach (SS48). DOOLISH doolish EFC1899/128. • Mx. name for Douglas, G. Dubh.gh.lais. See also Douglas above. DOOUGH: see under Cannal. DOUBLE CORNER Double Corner ONB 1965. Part of the North Quay by the former swing bridge. Two corners. • This double corner results from an offset alignment of the original pier which preceded the Red Pier (SS48). DOUGLAS; see at head of section. - DOUGLAS BAY Douglas Bay MS.26.08.1836, MAdv. 17.03.1840. Douglas Bay. An area of sea westward of a line drawn from Douglas Head to Onchan Head, ct. 0620 in SC3976 ONB 1965. See also in Kirk Conchan. See also Baie Doolish. - DOUGLAS BEACH Douglas Beach ("between the Pier and the Old Fort") MS. 12.05.1821. Between the present Victoria and Edward Piers.

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• Later known as Circus Beach (qv). Now filled in to provide container storage facilities. Douglas Beach is now the general name for the sands on the Douglas seafront. - DOUGLAS BRIDGE Douglas Bridge 1822DM1823(28), Douglas Bridge 1830D01830(28), Douglas Bridge MAdv.09.04.1839, Douglas bridge CS 1841, Douglas Bridge CS1851, Douglas Bridge ct. 8313 SC3775 ONB1957. See also under the Bridge & the Old Bridge. • The present stone bridge linking the North and South Quays by the steam railway station. - DOUGLAS C H A P E L Douglass Chappell 1732D01732(26), Douglass Chappel 1752DM 1752(57), the Chaple of Douglass 1761D01761(34), Douglas Chappel 1770DM1771(52), Douglas Chapel 1827DM1827(30). • St. Matthew's Chapel, built on the Market Place in 1708. It remained the only chapel in Douglas till the building of St. George's Church in 1780. - DOUGLAS CORPORATION WATER WORKS Douglas Corporation Water Works (obsol.). This merely exists as an open reservoir which is not now used for domestic supply, sit. 2259 SC3977. Name no longer applies ONB1956. See also Douglas Water Work Company. • This company purchased the mill-dam by Summer Hill Glen in 1833 which they enlarged into the first Douglas reservoir (SS31). - DOUGLAS CROSS Douglass Cross ("[...] next the Water side") 1736DM 1737(64), Douglas Cross or market Place 1775DM 1775(70). • See under the Cross above. - DOUGLAS F O R T (Int. 130 nr.) Douglas Fort LA 1797, Douglas Fort LA 1870, Douglas Fort (Victoria Pier) LA1911. • A small circular structure which once stood at the western end of the Pollock Rocks (qv) at a point between the roundabout in front of the Steam Packet offices and the south entrance to the Sea Terminal. When it was built is not certain, perhaps round 1539 by Edward, third Earl of Derby, and appears on Speed's map of Man in 1595. It was demolished in 1818 after a battery had been erected on Little Head in 1815. It was for a while used as a prison until 1801 when this function was taken over by the building of the Black Hole (qv) and adjoining court house on the Red Pier (SS59).

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- DOUGLAS H A R B O U R Dowglas hauen M/D1595, Douglas Harbour 1787DM1788( 118) et passim. - DOUGLAS HEAD [dpglas 'hed] LC1989 Douglas poynt M/D1595, Douglas Head M/C1693(1689), Douglas Head MS.20.09.1851, Douglas Head CS1891, Douglas Head. A headland, name ct. 3075 SC3974 ONB1957. See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 97). - DOUGLAS HEAD LIGHTHOUSE; see under Douglas Lighthouse. - DOUGLAS HEAD MINE Douglas Head Mine MS.04.07.1868. - DOUGLAS HEAD QUARRY Douglas Head Quarry. A quarry excavating Whinstone and Schist, ct. 2903 SC3875 ONB1965. - DOUGLAS HEAD ROAD Douglas Head Road BNCS1841, Douglas Head Road CS1881 Douglas Head Road. Ext. fr. 0819 SC3875 to 8769 SC3874 ONB1957. • Runs from the South Quay via Gasworks Hill to Douglas Head. It originally ran only from Fort Anne to Douglas Head. See also Douglas Road, Fort Anne Road and Head Road. - DOUGLAS HOTEL (North Quay) Douglas Hotel CS1871, 1891, Douglas Hotel ONB1965. • Built in 1758 it was sold in 1783 to the Duke of Atholl who used it as a residence for his seneschal Peter John Heywood. In 1793 the Duke resided in it himself. Later it became the Custom House. Then in 1862 it became licensed as the Old Customs House Inn, then later under its present name (NM419, SC50). The cellars incorporate the Lord's Cellars of the 1660s (see SD06/01). - DOUGLAS LAKE Douglas Leake 1780DM 1785(65), douglass lake 1787 DM1788(118). See also the Nunnery Lake. - DOUGLAS LIGHTHOUSE Douglas Head Lighthouse CS1851, 1871, Douglas Lighthouse CS1881. • In all Douglas has had six lighthouses. 1. The first known lighthouse in Douglas was called The Beacon situated on the south side of Douglas Harbour (cf. Chaloner & King 1656). 2. There is an early reference to the second lighthouse on George Moore's plan of Douglas Harbour c.1757: "The pier or Key having a light house and flag hoisted at tide time". There is a further reference on Fannin's Map

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(M/F1789): "Sunday 19th November 1786 Douglas Lighthouse & 82 yards of Quay was washed down in a gale". This incident preceded the wreck of the Herring Fleet of September 1787. 3. Designed by George Steuart as part of the Red Pier project (qv). 4. The first lighthouse to be built on Douglas Head. Erected 1801 ( S S 4 8 though no source given). 5. Erected by the Isle of Man Harbour Commissioners under Act of Westminster (II Geo III c. 52) about 1832/33 and transferred to the Commissioners for Northern Lights in Edinburgh on 1 August 1859 (BGQS/37). 6. (present) The Commissioners rebuilt the lighthouse in its present form in 1892 (BGQS/37). - DOUGLAS PIER Douglas Pier CS 1851. See under the Red Pier. - D O U G L A S QUAY, the the Douglas Quay 1808DM 1809(10), Douglas Quay 1816DM1818(24). • North Quay. - DOUGLAS R A I L W A Y STATION (Isle of Man Railway) Douglas Station, ct. 7730 SC3775 ONB1957. • Steam railway station. - DOUGLAS RIVER, the Douglas River or Harbour 1761DM1762(61), Douglas River 1762DM 1763(67), Douglas River 1791DM1792(58), the Douglas River 1802DO1802(12), the Douglas River 1847D01847(48). • Flows through Douglas Harbour. - DOUGLAS ROAD Douglas Road CS1841, 1851. • See also Douglas Head Road & Head Road. - DOUGLAS SAND Douglass Sand 1765DM1768(47), Douglas Sands 1784 DM 1785(69), Douglas Sand 1800D01810(14), Douglas Sand 1816DM1823 (26), Douglas Sand 1821DM1822(29), Douglas Sand ("opposite the Lough") MAdv.01.11.1821. • Adjoining Douglas seafront. - DOUGLAS W A T E R W O R K COMPANY Douglas Water Work Company 1838DM1839(23). • See under Douglas Corporation Water Works. DOWNWARDS C O R N E R Downwards Corner 1821 DO 1822(26). U n s eated.

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• Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1776; JJKP102). DRINKWATER STREET Drinkwater Street CS 1861-91. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1777; JJKP102). Runs between Circular Road and Hope Street. Probably named from the Misses Drinkwater of the Kirby family (originally from Liverpool) who owned land in the area when the street was being developed in the 1850s (SS49). - DRINKWATER LANE Drinkwater Lane CS 1891. • Runs from Drinkwater Street to Peel Road. DRIVES, the the Drives SS49. • Namely Empress Drive, Mona Drive, and Castle Drive, with Empire Terrace running across the top (SS49). DROPPING WELL, the the drop[p]ing well (betw. Back Strand Street and Strand Street near Duke Street) 1825DM1842(30). DRUMGOLD

STREET (2 Parr) Drumgold Street MAdv.26.07.1806,

Drumgold's Street 1809DM1810(33), Drumgold Street 1810DM1810(30), Drum Gold street 1814DM1817(51), Drumgold Street 1814DM1817(65), Drumgold Street 1822D01822(32), Drumgold Street 1830D01830(30), Drumgold St. LA1870(1873), Drumgold Street CS1841-91, Drumgold Street. Ext. fr. 1455 to 2055 SC3875 ONB1956, Drumgold Street. PubRd. ONB1965. See also under Red Cross Street. • Anglicised version of an Irish surname, originally Drumgoole, from the place-name in Tyrone and Wexford Druim-guil 'ridge of the qual or coal or charcoal (where charcoal was made)' (Joyce III 1913: 324). The name was first recorded in Man in 1763 (JJKP102). Ran between the junction of Duke Street and Strand Street to Market Street. Probably named from Jane Drumgold (born in Douglas of Irish family), wife to Robert Brown, grandfather to Manx poet Τ. E. Brown (SS49). Now built over save for a short piece in front of Marks & Spencer's department store. DRURY LANE Durie's Lane ("near the Quay") MS. 10.02.1837, Mrs. Drury's Street 1838D01839(33), Drury's Lane CS1841, Drury Lane MS.15.02. 1851, Drury lane CS1851, Drury Lane CS1861-91. • Durie: Scottish surname, probably from Durie, Fife (cf. Black 1962: 233). First recorded in Man in 1764 (JJKP104).

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Drury: The name Drury is perhaps an anglicisation of Irish Mac an Druaidh (cf. MacLysaght 1978: 91), or French & Middle English druerie, drew ery 'sweetheart' (RLT 2003). Ran from North Quay in a zig-zag, touching Fairy Ground and Bond Lane, ending up in Bond Street. Demolished in the 1934-35 clearances. Probably named from the Scot Thomas Durie, a Douglas merchant of the late 18th century. His town-house was demolished during the 1934-35 clearances. The name-form Drury probably derives from the more well-known London name (SS49-50, FR2003). DRURY STREET; see under Drury Lane. DRURY TERRACE Drury Terrace CS 1891, Drury Terrace. A terrace of houses separately numbered ONB1965. Ballaquayle Road. • Laid out ca. 1887 on the edge of Murray's Ballaquayle estate (SS50). Probably named from the more well-known London name. DUKE LANE Dukes Lane 1823DM1825(25), Duke Lane 1835DM1841(30), Duke Lane, Duke's Lane CS 1841, Dukes lane CS 1851, Dukes L a n e CS1861, Duke Lane LA1870, Duke Lane CS1871-91, Duke Lane (obsol.). Formerly a public road, now part of Lord Street. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • A cul-de-sac east of Duke Street which ran on the line of the present Lord Street and abutted on to Seneschal Lane. It was later absorbed into Lord Street (qv). Probably derives its name from the adjacent Duke Street (qv) (SS50). DUKE STREET (Int. 46 Es of, 10 Parr) Duke Street I8OODO 1800(18), Duke Street MAdv.03.08.1801, Duke Street 1810DM1810(28), Duke Street 1819DM 1822(34), Duke Street 1828D01828 (20), Duke St. LA1870, Duke Street CS 1841-91, Duke Street. Ext. fr. 2029 SC3876 to 2143 SC3875 and fr. 2245 to 2154 SC3875 ONB1956, Duke Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • One of the earliest streets in the old town. Runs between Lord Street and Strand Street and was the main shopping centre before Strand Street (qv). Probably derives its name from John fourth Duke of Atholl, Governor of Man (1793-1830) (cf. also SS50). DUKE'S HOUSE, the (Int. 155 adj. to Duke of Atholl) the Duke's House & Concerns (f. Black's House & Concerns, nr. the Quay) 1793DM1793(56), the Duke's house LA 1870.

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• See also under Black's House. DUKES ROAD (Est: Castle Mona) the Duke's Road 1835DM1844(66), Dukes Road 1837DM 1845(66), Dukes Road CS1891, Dukes Road. Ext. fr. 0476 SC3876 to 6531 SC3877 ONB1956, Dukes Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Runs from Ballaquayle Road to Marathon Drive and continues on as Upper Dukes Road (qv) skirting the southern side of Noble's Park. It divides the upper and lower Castle Mona Estate. Probably named from the Duke of Atholl who had purchased the whole of that area (SS50-51). DUMBELL'S ROAD; see under Belmont and Belmont Hill. DURIE'S LANE; see under Drury Lane. Ε EAGLE AND CHILD (Inn); see under Cumberland Tavern. EARL TERRACE Earle Terrace CS 1891. Woodbourne Road. • On the west side of Woodbourne Road between Alexander Drive and Berkeley Street, but with unknown derivation (SS52). EAST MONA CRESCENT East Mona Crescent ("situate at the North East end of Douglas sand [...]") 1824DM 1845(81), East Mona Crescent 1828DO 1828(14). • Now Strathallan Crescent. EASTFIELD Eastfield MS.25.09.1852, Eastfield CS1871-91, Eastfield. Terrace of houses 6108 SC3776 ONB1957. Off Bradda Mount. • Built on part of the Bwoaillee Ghowin Field on the Joyner Estate during the 1840s. In addition to the terrace called Eastfield there is a mansion at the west end (now a residential home) built c. 1840-50 (SS52, NGC2003). EDWARD LANE Edward Lane CS1861-91, Edward Lane. PubRd. ONB 1965. Finch Road. • Near Edward Terrace (qv). EDWARD PIER; see under King Edward VIII Pier. E D W A R D T E R R A C E (Finch Road) Edward Terrace MS.03.05.1848, Edward Terrace CS1861-91.

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• A block of six houses that formerly stood on the lower side of Finch Road adjacent to Well Road Hill. Built in 1846 and demolished in 1967 to make way for the Chester Street car-park (SS52). EGERTON TERRACE Egerton Terrace CS1861-91, Egerton Terrace, ct. 7303 SC3776 ONB1957. Rosemount. • Two houses built ca. 1855 on the south side of Rosemount backing on to Kensington Avenue and with the gable to the road. They were built on the Bwoaillee Ghowin Field of Joyner's Estate and are perhaps named after Sir Thomas Egerton, the first Lord Ellesmere, who had married into the Derby family (SS52). EIFFEL TOWER / HIPPODROME In 1889 the former Queens Place properties (by Circus Beach) were acquired and demolished by the Eiffel Tower company as the site for a spiral ramp and tower to lead to Douglas Head. The foundation stone was laid but no further progress was made (1893). Instead a "Hippodrome Circus of Varieties" was built on the cleared site, hence the name Circus Beach (qv). The Hippodrome appears on the Isle of Man Steam Packet Insurance Plan on the later site of their warehouses (cf. Pearson 1969: 100-107, NGC2003). The warehouses themselves have since been demolished and the site is at present used as a carpark. ELLAN VANNIN ARMS (North Quay) Elian Vannin Arms CS1881, 1891. • Elian Vannin, G. Eilean Mkana(i)nn, is the Manx Gaelic name for the Isle of Man. First mentioned in Quiggin's Guide of 1876, but almost certainly in existence long before that, it stood almost directly opposite The Ship Inn and next door to the Manchester Hotel. It had an entrance from the Fairy Ground as well as from the North Quay (NM136-37, SC50-51). Demolished during the 1935 clearances. ELM AVENUE (Pulrose) Elm Avenue. PubRd. ONB1965. • Named in 1938 (SS53). EMPIRE TERRACE Empire Terrace. Applies to two rows of terraced houses adjacent to Palace Road ONB1965.

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• Initially to be called Victoria Drive it stands in Palace Road adjacent to Mona Drive and opposite Castle Drive (SS53). Built at the same times as The Drives (qv) during the 1840s. EMPRESS DRIVE Empress Drive. PubRd. ONB1965. Off Central Promenade near Mona Drive. • Intended to be called Athol Terrace it was so named in honour of Queen Victoria's title 'Empress of India' (SS53). ESPLANADE, the (Est: Castle Mona) the Esplanade (erected by John Stanway Jackson & Miss Ayrton) 1846DO1847(45), (The) Esplanade CS 186191, Esplanade. Terrace of houses ct. 3847 SC3876 ONB1957. Central Promenade. • Built ca. 1846 on the promenade in front of Castle Mona Avenue (SS53). Derives originally from the fem. of L. explanatus, It. spianata 'flattened, level', but comes into English via French. Refers originally to 'an area of flat ground on the top of a rampart', then to 'a level area where the public may walk'. Later (as here) 'a road along the seafront of a resort' (OED s.v. esplanade). - ESPLANADE LANE Esplanade Lane CS1891, Esplanade Lane. PubRd. ONB1965. • adjacent to the Esplanade.

F FACTORY, the the Factory (behind Duke Street) 1807DM 1837(38). • In all there were three different factories belonging to the Moores all relatively close together 1. The Old Factory (for linen), built on a site between King Street and present Victoria Street on the east side of what is left of Society Lane (now Queen Victoria House) (SD20/02), was sold to the Isle of Man Friendly Society in 1800 and became their club-room (see also Society Lane and below). The street frontages of the original factory yard adjoining were sold for building houses in Duke Street and King Street, but the backland was retained by the Moore family and further factory buildings were developed (SD20/02 & 20/03).

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2. The "manufactory concerns of weaving shops and premises" ([1818]DM 1818(32)) were sited near Duke Street. These were operated by the senior branch of the family on the remainder of the original factory yard. They were finally sold in 1826. Built to the rear of Duke Street (SD 20/02 & adj. Intack). Now covered by Victoria Street in front of the present Dean-Wood estate agency. 3. The New Factory - this was built at on the south side of Wellington Street (SD21/11) by the junior branch of the family which gave rise to the name of Factory Lane (qv) and was later replaced by the Theatre Royal in 1858. Now the site of the present Health Club and Tapas Bar in Wellington Street (NGC2003). FACTORY LANE (off Duke Street) Factory Lane MAdv.22.07.1819, Factory Lane 1835DM1838(34), Factory lane 1839DM1839(26), Factory Lane CS 1841, Factory Lane 1844DM 1844(34), Factory Lane CS1851. • An early name for Wellington Street (qv) after Moore's sailcloth factory which was later transferred to Cronkbourne / Tromode. The name survived until 1858 when the Theatre Royal was built on the site of the factory by John Mosley who changed the name from his previous theatre Wellington Hall (SS54). - FACTORY YARD, the The Factory Yard (adj. King Street SW, the Old Club Room NW) 1842DM 1846(37). • The Old Club was the same as that of the Friendly Society who occupied the old linen factory (see above). See also under Society Lane. FAIRBROTHER: Fairbrothers house OD2(3)1701, Fairbrothers Sandside house (adj. "Ales [alias] Banks Garden" N) OD2(12)1703. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1611; JJKP107). Fairbrothers' main house was on the corner of James Street and Duke Street (SD19/12). The Sandside house was between King Street and present Victoria Street (SD20/02) and the garden on the corner of Duke Street and Victoria Street where the present drapers shop stands (SD20/03). FAIRFIELD TERRACE Fairfield Terrace SS54. Tynwald Street. • Perhaps named after the Fairfield at St. John's where Tynwald Fair Day is held every 5 July (SS54). The name occurs in Ramsey as well (cf. PNIM/IV: 183).

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FAIRLEIGH TERRACE; see under Brunswick Road. • On the west side of Brunswick Road between Tennis Road and Albany Road (SS54). Origin of the name unknown. FAIRY GROUND, the Fairy-ground Street MS.09.10.1835, the Fairy Ground MS.06.10.1837, the Fairy Ground MS.22.03.1838, the Fairy Ground (between the North Quay and New Bond Street) 1838DO1839(33), Fairy Ground 1846001846(34), Fairy Ground CS1841-91. • Ran along from the side of the present Clarendon Hotel towards the taxi rank on the quayside at the southern edge of the former bus station and was demolished during the clearances of 1934-35. The name is a development from 'fair ground', an area between the predecessors of the former St. Matthew's Chapel (1708-1896) and St. Mary's Chapel near the Market Place. Fair grounds often develop into market places (SS55). See also under Chappel and Old Chapel. FALCON BERG; see under Falcon Cliff. FALCON BREWERY Falcon Brewery CS1891. • Set up by Dr. William Okell from Warrington on the site of the present Warwick Hotel adjacent to Castle Hill. The brewery was later moved down to Broadway, and Glen Falcon House was erected as his residence (SS55). FALCON CLIFF, the Est. (QL-Glencrutchery, Est. Castle Mona) Falcon Cliff MAdv.31.10.1837, Falcon Cliff ("[...] unquestionably the best site for a castellated Mansion [Falcon Cliff Hotel] which the I.O.M [Isle of Man] can afford") MS. 18.05.1838, the Falcon Cliff (Estate) (to Sir William Hillary) 1843DM 1843(17), the Falcon Cliff Estate 1843DM1844(63), the Falcon Cliffe 1845 D01845(39), the Falcon Cliff 1845D01845(41), Falcon Cliff CS1851, Falcon Cliffe CS1871. • Bought by the Duke of Atholl shortly after he bought the Castle Mona Estate in 1793. On his death in 1830 the estate was sold off. In 1838 Falcon Cliff was disposed of in a public lottery, along with 'Falcon Berg' on the other side of the stream. The lottery winner was local bank manager John Stanway Jackson who had a stylish residence built called Falcon Cliff. This later became a hotel and has recently been converted into office accommodation. Access to it was by an incline railway or cliff lift (1887-96), and a second lift (1927-1970s) (SS55-56).

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- FALCON CLIFF BACK TERRACE Falcon Cliff Back Terrace CS 1891. - FALCON CLIFF ESTATE, the; see under the Falcon Cliff. - FALCON CLIFF HOTEL Falcon Cliff Hotel CS1881, 1891, Falcon Cliff Hotel ONB1956. See under Falcon Cliff. - FALCON CLIFF LODGE Falcon Cliffe Lodge CS 1871. - FALCON CLIFF R O A D Falcon Road (Falcon Cliff) MS.29.06.1850, Falcon Cliffe Road CS 1871. • An early name for the top end of Palace Road (qv) linking Falcon Cliff with Victoria Road (SS56). - FALCON CLIFF TERRACE Falcon Cliffe Terrace CS 1871, Falcon Cliff Terrace CS1881, 1891, Falcon Cliff Terrace. PubRd. ext. fr. 4512 to 5102 SC3877 ONB1956. • Earlier known as Falcon Terrace (SS56). - FALCON CLIFF TERRACE LANE Falcon Cliff Terrace Lane. Cul-desac ONB 1965. FALCON MOUNT Falcon Mount CS1881. See also Mount Falcon. FALCON STREET Falcon Street CS1881, 1891, Falcon Street. Ext. fr. 0041 to 1443 SC3876 ONB 1956, Falcon Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. See also under Bathurst Street. • Originally designated to be called Bathurst Street (qv), it was laid out in the 1870s on part of Harrison's Woodbourne estate (SS22). - FALCON STREET LANE Falcon Street Lane CS 1891. FALCON TERRACE ("near Castle Hill Brewery") MS. 10.04.1852, Falcon Terrace CS1881, Falcon Terrace (obsol.). Formerly a short terrace at 5106 SC3877 ONB 1956. - BACK FALCON TERRACE Back Falcon Terrace CS1881. FANCY STREET Fancy Street 1822D01823(10), Fancy Street MS. 15.01. 1828, Fancy Street 1833D01833(25), Fancy Street 1839DM1840(21), Fancy Street CS1841-91, Fancy Street (obsol.) Formerly a public road, now demolished and built on. Name no longer applies ONB 1965. • Ran between King Street and Lord Street. It can still be identified as the back lane behind the former Ridgeway Hotel. The name may be a familiar form of Francis / Frances, but neither name can be identified with the street

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(cf. SS56). Or reputedly so-called from the Fancy Women or prostitutes who lived or solicited there, though there is no firm evidence for this. FARAGHER: Henry Farragher's Houses (Big Well Street) MAdv. 13.02. 1817. • Mx. pers. name used as a surname, G. Fearchar. FARAGHER'S YARD Faragher's Yard FR2003( the Quay S) 1801DM1810(37). • Mx. surname. For details see under Ballafayle in Kirk Maughold (PNIM/ IV: 35-36). FAYLES COURT Fells Court CS1841-81, Fayles Court CS1891. • Formerly ran south of the remaining part of Drumgold Street immediately outside the present entrance to Marks and Spencer's. It contained three houses and a store belonging to the Fayle family (SS57). FELLS COURT ; see under Fayles Court.

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FENCE, the (Cott. 4, 5) the fence at Duglas LV1645, the fence of duglas LCI676/81, the Fance LA1703, the Fence LCB1704, the fence LA1709, the Fence LA 1750, the fence, the Fence LA 1870. • On the east side of Parade Street and built as a bulwark to prevent flooding from easterly gales. It was superseded in the late 18th century when the beach was enclosed under licence and the site, now occupied by the Steam Packet, was first built on (SS57). A mid-18th century plan shows it approximately aligned with later Parade Street (SDxii). FENELLA AVENUE (Willaston) Fenella Avenue. Ext. fr. 9521 thro 9919 SC3778 to 0914 & 0609 SC3878 ONB1957. • An anglicisation of the Gaelic female name Fionnghuala 'white shoulder'. Here seemingly named after a fictional character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Peveril of the Peak (Edinburgh 1831; 1st edition), a story partly set in and around Peel Castle. See also under Fenella Beach in Kirk Patrick (PNIM/I: 103). FINCH (Cott.): Robt. Fynne LV1577, Robt. Fynne als Kelly, Robt. Vynce LA 1600, Finch's Ballakermeen 1791DM1791(61). • Eng. name, perhaps a nickname from the bird which was considered stupid, 'simpleton'. The earlier V-forms (here and below) indicates that the family belonged to southern England. The first of the family was Robert Kelly or Finch, so the name may arise from an illegitimacy where the reputed father was a stranger, or could have originated in Douglas as a nickname or bye-name in the late 16th-century (NGC2003). FINCH: John Vinches Garden 1730DM1731(47), John Finches road (opp. "Mr. Philip Finches garden") 1750DM 1752(65). • South side of Lord Street (SD13/15). FINCH: Mickal Finchs Concerns 1793DM 1795(101), Michael Finch's Concerns 1803DM1810(39). FINCH: Mr. Philip Finches garden (on "John Finches road") 1750DM1752 (65), Mr. Philip Finch's [Garden] (nr. the Sandside) 1762DM1763(72), Philip Finches Dwelling house (adj. "Thomas Callisters Dwelling house) 1762DM 1773(65). FINCH: Philip Finch's Garden; see under Tear.

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FINCH: Vinch's house & backside (adj. "Jo. Henricks house" E, "Mr. Murreys house" W) OD2(68)1719. • South side of Lord Street (SD11/16). FINCH HILL (QL-Ballakermeen, 38 Finch) Finch's Land (adj. Town of Douglas) LA 1783, Finche's Land LA1797, Finch's land 1799DM1814(29), Finch Hill 1825DM1830(27), Finches Hill ("[...] leading out of the Ramsey Road [...]") 1830DM1831(23), Finch Hill 1830DM1834 (30), Finch Hill 1831DM1831(29), Finches Hill ("near Douglas") 1832DO 1833(16), Finch Hill MAdv.03.03.1840, Finch Hill CS1881. • Dates from the early years of the 17th century when a certain Patrick Vinch (later Finch) bought a section of QL-Ballakermeen. His section was sandwiched between Joyner's Estate on the north, Parr's Estate (later Hills Estate) on the south. It has a sea frontage from Regent Street to Granville Street. The estate remained in the family for two centuries until Elizabeth Buck (nde Finch), inherited it in 1801. She was married to Liverpool nurseryman William Buck. The estate was later sold off for building plots (SS57-58). - FINCH HILL Finch Hill SS58. • An early name for the terrace between Myrtle Street and Circular Road (SS58). - FINCH HILL GROVE Finch Hill Grove CS 1891. • A continuation of Clarke Street. It lies behind Finch Hill Church and in fact lies outside the estate boundary on the Hills Estate (SS58). See also under Murder Lane. - FINCH HILL COTTAGE Finch Hill Cottage OS 1869, Finch Hill Cottage CS 1871. See under Buck Place. • Under the site of Osborne Grove. Shown but not named on M/T1834 and M/RS1849. Not to be confused with Finch House. - FINCH HOUSE Finch House M/T1834, Buck's House M/RS1849. • To the north-west of Bucks Road. Not to be confused with Finch Hill Cottage. See also Buck's House. - FINCH PLACE Finch Place (Finch Road) MS.21.03.1834. • Runs from Finch Road up at the rear of Government Buildings (SS58). - FINCH ROAD Finches road ("Road leading out of Ramsey road to Marina Terrace called Finches road [leading] down and over the Brow or hill to the

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Street Called Cattle Market Street") 1830DM1830(23), Finch's road (betw. Prospect Hill & Marina Terrace) 1830DM1832(40), Finch Road MAdv.16. 02.1830, Finches Road 1831DM1831(29), Finch's Road 1833D01834{9), Finch Road 1835DM1840(25), Finch Road 1837D01838(24), Finch Road CS1841-91, Finch Road. Ext. fr. 0559 SC3875 to 2015 SC3876 ONB1957, Finch Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Built ca. 1830 as a by-pass to Duke, Strand and Castle Streets, linking Athol Street and the western part of the town with Castle Mona Road. Several developments took place along this road (SS58). - FINCH TERRACE Finch Terrace SS58. • An early name for Stanley Mount (Mount Havelock), recently demolished to make way for the new law courts (SS58). - FINCH'S LAND; see under Finch Hill. - FINCH'S WELL vinches well (by Back Strand Street) 1827DM 1827(38), Finche's Well MS. 15.11.1831, Finche's Well ("at Wellington Square") 1832DM1832(28). • Now under the lower part of Christian Road. The well was evidently situated between the latter and Mona Terrace (SS65). - FINCHE'S BRICK FIELD Finche's Brick Field MS. 10.07.1832. • See under the Brickfield. - FINCHES WELL FIELD Finches Well field 1801DM1816(19), Vinches Well Field 1832DM1832(28) - VINCHES MILL Vinches Mill 1829DOi831(16). FIRST AVENUE First Avenue. Ext. fr. 6170 to 6197 SC3877 ONB1956. Off Glencrutchery Road. • Along with Second and Third Avenue an American-style method of streetnaming. Built in the late 1930s. Contains the 'White Lady' stone, marking the site of a Bronze Age burial (see MAS Kirk Conchan, p. 10, see also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 422)). FISHER: Fisher's House 1752D01752(52). Unlocated. • Eng. surname. FISHER'S MILN (Snuff Mill, QL-Bemahague) Fishers Miln 1765DM1768 (47), Fisher's Miln (adj. Rivulet W) 1790DM 1790(79). • Also known as the Burnt Mill (qv).

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FITZSIMMONS: Christopher Fitzsimmon's (sic) [Concerns] (by David Forbes's Concerns) 1772DO 1774(48), Christopher Fitzsimons Dwelling House and Concerns (adj. Richd Joyners [Concerns]) 1797D01797(38). • Anglo-Norman surname, in Ireland since 1323 (MacLysaght 1978: 110) and may have reached Man via that route. Name first recorded in Man in 1689 (JJKP113). - FITZSIMMINS: Richard Fitzsimmins house, brewhouse & backside 1740 DM1742(69). Unlocated. FLAXNEY: Wm. Flaxneys Garden ODl(3)1712. • Eng. surname possibly from a place-name. First recorded in Man in 1659 (JJKP113). The garden would now be sited on the north side of modern Victoria Street (SD21/02). FLEETWOOD ARMS; see under Fleetwood Hotel. FLEETWOOD CORNER Fleetwood Corner CS 1891. Corner of North Quay and present Ridgway Street. Also known as Cosnahan's Comer and Lawrence's Corner (qv). • Positioned at the then narrowest point of the harbour opposite the end of the Tongue and near to Queen Street, it was occupied by the Fleetwood Hotel (see next). Demolished in 1894 to make way for the Ridgeway Street development (SS58). Probably named from the Lancashire town of that name. - FLEETWOOD HOTEL (North Quay) Fleetwood Arms MH. 10.11.1847, Fleetwood Hotel (Lawrence's Corner, North Quay) MS.03.01.1849, Fleetwood Hotel CS1851, Fleetwood Arms CS1861, Fleetwood Hotel CS1881. See also Fleetwood Comer. • At 32 North Quay. First recorded as standing at Fleetwood Corner (see foregoing) in 1847 (NM137, SS58). FOLEY'S HOUSE Foley's House SS59. • Belonging to a John Foley, an Irish merchant in Douglas. The house once stood on the North Quay by Queen Street, near Fleetwood Comer (qv) (SS59). FOLLY, the the Folly ("the outhouse and the little garden which he usually called the Folly") AW1736 (John Kinnish, Douglas).

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• North side of Queen Street to the west of the Saddle Inn (SD14/04). This garden was by the Lake and possibly the folly was a belvidere (NGC2003). FORBES: David Forbes's Concerns (nr. Christopher Fitzsimmon's (sic) [Concerns]) 1772DO1774(48). • Scottish surname, probably of Forbes in Aberdeenshire (cf. Black 1962: 271). - FORBES'S STREET Forbes's Street 1817D01826(17). • So-called from Edward Forbes Sr. house & concerns. The main house was built by William Christian (glover) c.1713 on the south-west corner of the Great Garden on the north side of Lord Street east of Church Street (SD 18/08 part). Hence the commemorative plaque on the former town library to Edward Forbes Jr., the scientist who was born in Douglas (NGC2003). FORESTER'S ARMS I Forester's Arms (Castle Mona Lawn) SCD1852. • Formerly known as the Castle Tap (NM 137). No longer trading. FORESTER'S ARMS II Forester's Arms (Strand Street) SCD1852, Forester's Arms (Strand Street) CS1861. • At 4 Strand Street in 1843. Still in operation in 1863 (SC63). No longer trading (NM 137). The Forester's Arms in existence today stands at the corner of Hope Street and St. George's Street. FORT, the (Int. 140 by) the Fort LA 1870. See under the Bulwark and the Old Fort. FORT ANNE (pt. the Nunnery Howe) Fort Ann 1801DM1813(27), Fort Ann MAdv.05.04.1806, Fort Ann 1819DM1837(41), Fort Ann 1820DM1821 (39), Fort Ann 1831 DO 1832(40), Fort Anne 1833DM1834(62), Fort Anne 1836DM 1837(46), Fort Ann 1842DM1845(65), Fort Anne, Fort Ann 1846 DM 1846(74), Fort Ann CS1851, 1861. See also Fort Anne Hotel. • Built in its commanding position in the 1790s by Thomas 'Buck' Whaley, a Dubliner and son of an Irish Westminster MP. Born in 1766 he lived till he was only thirty-four, having exploited the high life of London society. Tradition has it that he shipped a cargo of earth from Ireland to Man and spread it over the site he had purchased on Douglas Head, so that the mansion would stand on Irish soil. It is not certain if this was as a result of a bet or to circumvent legal requirement. It is reputed that he was stabbed to death by a jealous lover, and that he had named his mansion after his mother Anne.

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Fort Anne saw a number of occupants, including Sir William Hillary, reputed founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, before it was sold as a hotel in 1846. It was demolished in 1979 and rebuilt in 1998 as office accommodation, but in a similar style to the original building (SS60). FN: Bowling Green field MS.24.01.1832, Bowling Green Field 1833DM 1834(62), the Bowling Green (adj. Harold Tower) 1836DM1837(46), Bowling Green Field 1836DM 1837(47), the Bowling Green 1846DM1846 (74). • Situated west of Fort Anne. - FORT ANNE HILL Fort Anne Hill MH. 18.03.1875. • That section of the Douglas Head Road by Fort William. - FORT ANNE HOTEL Fort Anne Hotel MS.04.04.1849, Fort Anne Hotel CS 1891, Fort Anne Hotel. Large building ct. 5202 SC3875 ONB1957. • See under Fort Anne. - FORT ANNE JETTY Fort Anne Jetty ONB1965. • Erected in 1837 to provide shelter for the inner harbour, a function later (ca. 1872) taken over by the Battery Pier. Both the jetty and the Red Pier lost their head-sections when the Red Pier was extended into King Edward VIII Pier in 1936 (cf. SS60). - FORT ANNE ROAD Fort Anne Road 1829D01833(63), Ft. Anne Road CS1851, Fort Anne Road CS1861, Fort Anne Road ("Fort Anne or Head Road includes three terraces, namely Taubman terr. Woodhouse terr. and Fort William") CS1871, Fort Ann Road CS1881, Fort Anne Road CS1891. See also under Douglas Head & Head Road. • Ran from South Quay via Gasworks Hill to Fort Anne. An alternative name for the Head Road (qv). - FORT ANNE TERRACE Fort Anne Terrace (on Bowling Green Field) MS.24.01.1832. • Built ca. 1833. Later became the eastern portion of Fort William (qv) (SS60). - FORT ANNE TOWER Fort Anne Tower. Large residential building sit. 4605 SC3875 ONB1957, Fort Anne Tower (obsol.) ONB1965. Now called The Towers. Demolished 1979 and rebuilt in 1998 as part of the Fort Anne office complex.

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FORT STREET (Int. 132) Fort Street ("[...] in Fort Street on the shore") LA 1870. FORT STREET Fort Street 1811D01818(16), Fort Street Gaz.24.09.1812, Fort Street 1813DM1816(14), Fort Street 1820DM1821(27), Fort Street 1830D01830(19), Fort Street LA1870, Fort Street CS1841-91, Fort Street. Ext. fr. 2643 to 3235 SC3875 ONB1956, Fort Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • It ran originally between a point just south of Regent Street to the Fort which once stood at the south end of the Pollock Rocks, close to the present south entrance of the Sea Terminal. The building of Victoria Street (qv) in the 1870s cut through Fort Street which was further reduced in length when Lord Street was extended to link up with the Victoria Pier and Peel Road in the 1930s (SS60). In 1705 it did not exist, as sandy gardens were still being extended towards the sea where Fort Street later stood (NGC2003). Today, all that is left is a small portion behind the buildings on the east side of Duke Street between the car-park to the rear and Victoria Street (north side), and from Victoria Street (south side) along to the roundabout by the new police station. - FORT LANE Fort Lane SS60. • A lane which led off Fort Street and originally serviced the rear of the buildings in lower Victoria Street as far as the Grand Hotel (later Yates's Wine Lodge then Bushy's). Formally named in 1883 it was then diverted and shortened when the Grand Theatre (later the Regal Cinema (1935)), opened in 1882, was extended in 1886 (SS60, FR2003). - FORT STREET COURT Fort St. Court CS1851. FORT TAVERN, the the Fort Tavern 1803DM1811(21). The Parade. • Also known as the Old Fort, it does not seem to have lasted very long. It is first mentioned in 1802 and for the last time in 1808 (NM137). FORT W I L L I A M (Fort Anne Road) Fort William MS.9.11.1848, Fort William ("adjoining the entrance Gate of Fort Anne Hotel") MS.04.04.1849, Fort William CS1861, Fort William CS1871-91. Fort William. Row of dwellings at 4206 SC3875 ONB1957, Fort William. Applies to two rows of terraced houses ONB1965.

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• Built ca. 1848 on the Bowling Green Field of the Fort Anne (qv). Possibly named after Sir William Hillary who lived at the Fort Anne till 1846 (SS60, 61). F R E D E R I C K S T R E E T Frederick Street CS1881, 1891, Frederick Street. PubRd. ONB1965. See also under Wellington Square. • Built ca. 1840 on the Ropewalk Field (qv) at right-angles to Castle Street, it had a set of steps at its upper junction with Edward Lane behind Finch Road. Possibly named from Frederick Lamothe Gelling who purchased the Ropewalk Field in 1839, or from his father, also called Frederick (SS62). F R E N C H M A N ' S HOUSE, the (Fort Street) the Frenchman's House MAdv.30.04.1814. • Probably Lasnon's House (qv) (near the Villiers car-park) which served as a Poor House till it was replaced by the House of Industry in 1837 (SS62). FYE, the F (QL-Ballaquayle) Pye [Fye], the 1761D01761(44), the Fye 1782 D01783(39). See also under Ballaquayle, Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 372). • 'flatt' Mx. faaie,

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Possibly located in the vicinity of Queen's Gardens, near the Woodbourne Hotel in Alexander Drive (SS124).

G GARDEN CITY Garden City SS65. • The area west of Bray Hill, the outlying part of QL-Ballaquayle earmarked for building in the 1920s, but laid out during the 1930s in more or less concentric circles (SS63). GAREY NA SCRAH (QL-Ballaquayle) Garey na Scrah 1761D01761(44), Gareyne Scrah 1782D01782(39). • 'enclosure of the scraws, strip sods' Mx. garey ny scraa, G. scraith. See also under Ballaquayle in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 371). In the vicinity of the Woodbourne Estate (SS63). G A R R E T T : Garrett's house and Garden (adj. Gilbert Smith's Garden W) 1728DO1728(8).

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• Mx. surname from NFr. Gerald, possibly ultimately of Frankish (i.e. Germanic) provenance. Later the second syllable is treated in the French fashion as -aut / -aud, as in Ir. Gearoid. GARRETT BEGG'S Garrett Begg's (Big Well Street) Gaz.01.12.1814. • 'wee Garrett's (house)' Mx. Garrett Beg. GARRETT'S BREWERY Thomas Garretts Brewery (Strand Street) 1830 DM830(16). • ?In Cattle Market Street (BGQS249). GARRETTS COURT; see under Garrett's Place. GARRETT'S PLACE Garretts Place CS1871, Garrett's Place CS1881, Garretts Court CS 1891. See also Kennaughs Court. • Formerly off the east side of Market Street between Quilliam's Court and Guttery Gable (qv). Occupied by a John Garrett and family ca. 1851 (SS63). GASWORKS HILL Gasworks Hill OT1989-92. • Steep section of Douglas Head Road between South Quay and Taubman Terrace. Takes its name from the Gas Works set up in 1835 on the south side of the hill in a quarry area. Extensively modernised in the 1980s (cf. SS63). GELLING: Ware house of John Gelling (adj. "Mahuds house" [W]) 1782 DO 1782(69), Jno. Gellings Concerns (adj. John Mahoods House [NW]) 1785DM1786(68). • Mx. surname, G. (0) Gillin / Giolldin. North side of the Fairy Ground. Formerly the site of Susan's House (qv) (SD05/03). GELLING: Paul Gellings house EF1718/188, Paul Gellings Garden (adj. the Old Garden [W]) 1772DM1776(51), Paul Gellings house 1774D01777(57), Paul Gellings Garden or Yard (adj. ComStr. NE, nr. Jon. Jo. Bacon Esq's Concerns & Dan Clarks Concerns 1786DM1794(98), Paul Gelling (Begg's) Concerns 1801D01823(7). • North-east side of New Bond Street (SD02/04). GELLING: Richd Gelling or Dick Gelling's House or Houses 1792DM1792 (52). Unlocated. GELLINGS C O U R T (Lord Street) Gellings Court CS 1841, Gelling Ct. CS 1851, Gelling Court CS1861, Gellings Court CS1871-91.

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• Small alley that ran south of Lord Street roughly on the line of Ridgeway Street. Demolished when Ridgeway Street laid out in 1894. The Court contained three houses and a smithy at the time of demolition, all owned by an Eleanor Gelling (SS63). GELLINGS COURT Gelling's Court (Market Place) MS.09.04.1841. • Lay north of James Street close to the Market Place and opposite the rear of the British Hotel and, as with the foregoing entry, contained premises owned by Eleanor Gelling. Demolished at the same time as the foregoing (cf. SS63). GENERAL POST OFFICE General Post Office (Regent Street) CS1891. • Erected in 1886 on the site of a former coal yard (SS32). GEORGE('S)

STREET George's Street MS.09.12.1823, George St.

CS1841. • Both used as alternatives for St. George's Street (qv). GEORGE'S PLACE George's Place MS.22.01.1841, Georges Place CS 1841. See also St. George's Place. GEORGES TERRACE Georges Terrace CS1871-91. • A terrace in the cul-de-sac on the west side of St. George's Street. It was formerly at the rear of St. George's Terrace with which it was often confused. Now demolished to make way for a car-park (SS64). GICK'S FIELD; see under the Church Field & the Hills. GLAN Y QUAILE (QL-Ballaquayle) Ghlann e Quayle 1761 DO 1761 (44), Glan y Quaile 1762DM1762(54). • 'Quayle's glen* Mx. gliort y Quayle. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 394). The glen of Ballaquayle Stream (qv) which had its source around Hilary Park and which ran down the line of Falcon Street into Glen Falcon, then out to the sea shore (cf. SS66). GLEN BEGG, the (QL-Ballakermeen) the Glen begg ("in the field called Finches Well field") 1801DM1816(19). • 'little glen' Mx. glion beg, G. gleann beag. It would have run down from Christian Road / Harris Terrace, down Well Road Hill to come out at the seashore via Granville Street (SS65-66). GLEN BRIDGE ROAD, the (Est: Castle Mona) the Glen Bridge Road (over Castle Mona Garden Glen) 1836DM1847(38).

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GLEN FALCON Glen Falcon CS 1891, Glen Falcon. An ornamental garden ONB1965. Off Broadway by the Falcon Brewery. • William Okell (see next) built a residence on this parcel of land which he called Glen Falcon and utilised the water from the Ballaquayle Stream running through it to brew his ale, after he had transferred the brewery to a site opposite the house. The house was demolished in 1948 to enable the widening of Broadway (SS65). - GLEN FALCON ROAD Glen Falcon Road. PubRd. ONB 1965. See also under East Victoria Road. • Cut through in the 1870s to separate the lower triangle bounded by Broadway and Derby Road from the remainder of the Woodbourne Estate following the purchase of the former by William Okell who was then operating the Falcon Brewery (qv) at Falcon Cliff (qv) (SS65). G L E N C R U T C H E R Y Glencrutchery. Fmhs/ob. sit. 1799 SC3877 ONB 1956. • Earlier name for Summer Hill Glen. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 394-95). - GLENCRUTCHERY ROAD Glencrutchery Road. Ext. fr. 9324 SC3777 to 9188 SC3877 ONB 1956. Formerly Onchan Road (qv). • Runs from St. Ninian's crossroads at the junction of Bray Hill, Ballaquayle and Ballanard Roads to Governor's Bridge. GLENLYON HOUSE (Est: Castle Mona) Glenlyon House CS 1871-91, Glenlyon House (obsol.), now demolished ONB 1957. Central Promenade. • A large house erected in the 1830s on the site of what is now the Crescent Leisure Centre. Lord Glenlyon was the son of John fourth Duke of Atholl, the title coming from Glen Lyon near Aberfeldy where the Atholl family evidently had mining interests (SS66). - GLENLYON TERRACE (Est: Castle Mona) Glenlyon Terrace (Castle Mona Lawn) MS. 11.12.1835, Glenlyon Terrace (hss. "on Castle Mona Lawn adjoining each other and forming a terrace called Glenlyon Terrace [...]") 1838D01839(35), Glenlyon Terrace ("on Castle Mona Lawn") 1843DM 1843(33). Central Promenade. • Possibly an early name for Castle Terrace (SS66).

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GLENNACK (QL-Ballakermeen) Glennack (adj. sea E) 1725DM 1729(52), Glennaghs water (gutter) 1758D01759(47). • 'glen of (the) horses, (the) horse glen' Mx. glion (ny) n-agh (agh), G. each, viz. gleann (na) η-each. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 396). In the vicinity of Drumgold Street (SS66). - GLENNAGHS WATER; see foregoing. GLION NY CROTTEY (QL-Ballakermeen) Gloan ny crottey EF1733/49, 63, Glan ne Crottey. • 'glen of/by the croft, the croft glen' Mx. glion ny croittey, G. gleann na croite (croit). Considered to be the gully where the road on the Gooseneck is closest to Ballabrooie (SS64). - GLOAN NY CROTTEY MO AR Gloan ny crottey moar EF1733/49. • 'big Glion ny Crottey' Mx. Glion ny Croittey Mooar. GOLDIE TERRACE Goldie Terrace CS1861, 1881, 1891. Upper Church Street. • Between Myrtle Street and Circular Road. Laid out when the area from Peel Road to Bucks Road on the Hills Estate was being developed in the 1850s. Probably named after Thomas Leigh Goldie who as brigade commander fell at the battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War in 1854 (SS66). GOLDSMITH: Robert Goldsmith's House or Concerns (QL-Ballakermeen, adj. Joseph Kewley's House S) 1806D01806(23). Mx. surname. The surname is also known in Scotland (cf. Black 1962: 31617) and Ireland (MacLysaght 1978: 130). GOOSENECK (67 Joyner) Gooseneck LA 1870. • The land between Ballakermeen School and Peel Road has long been referred to as 'The Gooseneck'. But it is likely originally to have referred to the 'gooseneck' stretch of land on the Joyner's Estate linking Close Beg (Nurses' Home, Demesne industrial units, Ballacloan School, Crookall House) with the rest of the estate, i.e. the upper part of Westmoreland Road (cf. John Corris's map of 1801; M/C0I8OI) (cf. also SS66-67). GORDON TERRACE Gordon Terrace SS68. Castle Mona Avenue. • Scottish surname (cf. Black 1962: 319).

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A short terrace of houses on the east side of Castle Mona Avenue. Built in 1885 at the time of the siege of Khartoum in the Sudan. Probably named from General Gordon who was killed in the action (SS68). GOVERNOR'S BRIDGE Governor's Bridge. Applies to a short section of road ext. fr. 9290 to 9993 SC3877 ONB1956. Glencrutchery Road. • Originally known as Heywood's Bridge or the Deemster's Bridge after Deemster John Joseph Heywood who owned Bemahague, now Government House, residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Man. The bridge received its present name as a convenient marker for the Tourist Trophy (TT) motorcycle races when the TT Course was amended to include the bridge in 1920 (SS68). GRAFTON STREET Grafton Street CS1881, 1891, Gratfton Street. Pub. Rd. ONB1965. Off Melbourne Street. • Laid out on the Woodbourne Estate during the 1880s. As with other names from Australia in the area, it was probably named from the town of Grafton in New South Wales, itself probably named from Sir Charles Fitzroy, son of the Duke of Grafton, Governor-General of Australia during the 1850s when the town of Grafton was founded (SS68). GRAHAMS YARD Grahams Yard CS 1891. Unlocated. GRAND HOTEL (lower Victoria Street); see under Fort Lane. GRAND THEATRE (later the Regal Cinema, lower Victoria Street); see under Fort Lane. GRANVILLE STREET Granville Street CS1881, 1891, Granville Street. Ext fr. 1983 to 2382 SC3875 ONB 1956, Granville Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. See also under Castle Street Slip. • Known earlier as Well Road Slip (qv) it provided access to the shore from Well Road Hill prior to the building of Loch Promenade (qv). It lies on the boundary of the Joyner and Finch Hill Estates. Probably named from George Leverson-Gower Granville, Earl Granville, three times British Foreign Secretary during the Victorian period. His descendant, Vice-Admiral the Rt. Hon. Sir William Leveson-Gower, fourth Earl Granville, to give him his full title, was Lt. Governor of Man 1937-1945 (Winterbottom 1999: 189-197, 278; cf. also SS69). - GRANVILLE LANE Granville Lane. PubRd. ONB 1965.

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• A short cul-de-sac running north of Granville Street between Loch Promenade and Castle Street. GRASEY MOAR'S HOUSE The Grasey Moar's House ("in occupation of Barbara Kermode") 1776DM1776(55). • 'great cobbler' Mx. greassee mooar, G. greasaidhe mor. Apparently a nickname in the Kelly family (NGC2003). South side of Lord Street (SD11/19). GRAVING BANK Graving Bank M/F1789. • Name applied to the site of The Tongue in the inner harbour, referring to the maintenance of ships' hulls there (cf. also NGC2003). GREAT CLOSE, the the Great Close ODl(65)1717. See next. GREAT GARDEN, the the great garden ODII(28)1706, the Great Garden OD 1(59) 1718, the Great Garden ODl(72)1719, the Great Garden 1729DO 1729(9), the great Garden 1758DM1759(65). • Ran between Lord Street and King Street and along the west side of Fancy Street. The property on the east side of Ridgeway Street is now built here (SD18/08). Not to be confused with the Big Garden identified on the Joyner Estate in Ballakermeen on the site of Chester Street (NGC2003). GREAT GEORGE'S STREET Great George Street (adj. Athol Street N) 1818DM1819(42), Great George Street 1819D01832(21), Great George's Street 1827DO1832(20), Great George Street 1828DM 1829(30), Great George Street 1835DM 1836(48), Great George Street MS.23.01.1835, Great George Street 1841D01841(41), Great George Street CS1841, Great Georges Street CS1851, Gt. Georges St. CS1861, Great Georges Street CS 1871, Great George's Street CS1881, Gt. George's Street (obsol.). A public road now incorporated in Nelson Street. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • The early name for the upper section of Nelson Street commencing at Prospect Hill and ending at the Adelphi Hotel in Church Street just below the present entrance to Shaw's Brow car-park (SS63). GREAT HILL, the (QL-Ballaquayle) the Great Hill (?by Ballaquayle Claddagh) 1783DM 1783 (55). • An earlier name for Bray Hill (SS69). GREAT NELSON STREET (5, 19 Parr) Great Nelson Street 1816D01818 (25), Great Nelson Street MAdv. 16.07.1818, Great Nelson Street 1821DM

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1822(22), Great Nelson Street 1828DM 1829(27), Great Nelson Street 1841 DM 1842(11), Great Nelson Street LA 1870, Great Nelson Street CS 1841-81, Nelson Street CS1891. • Earlier name for the lower section of Nelson Street from Prospect Hill to Market Street (SS108). GREAT WELL, the the Great Well EF1719/121, the Great Well 1725DM 1725(27). See also under the Big Well. GREEN, the (Int. 29 md.) the Green ("near Douglass") 1725DM1725(30), the Green (adj. River S) 1736DM1738(76), the Green LA 1797, the Green LA 1870. • On the edge of the Nunnery Lake between the Douglas River and the Hills Estate near the steam railway station waiting room and platforms (SS69). GREEN, the the Green ("in front of the said premises [the Crescent] on the opposite side of the sd. High Way [Douglas to Ramsey]") 1839D01844(30). • The green area between the roadway and the shore opposite Summer Hill Road. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 397). GREEN LANE Green Lane SS70. • Off Derby Road between Derby Square and Brisbane Street. Originally laid out from 1846 as the service lane for the top side of Derby Square it formed the boundary between the Joyner Estate of Ballakermeen and the Harrison Woodbourne Estate of Ballaquayle. Perhaps named from the Bowling Green Hotel which lies opposite (SS70). GREENFIELD ROAD (Willaston) Greenfield Road. PubRd. ONB1965. Off Glencrutchery Road. • Named from Thomas Challen Greenfield (1893-1960), Water Engineer and Manager of Douglas Corporation Waterworks 1931-1947 and Engineer for the Isle of Man Water Board 1947-1959. Along with other water installations in the Island he built the water filter plant in this road (SS70). GREENS COURT Greens Court CS 1841. Unlocated. GREENSILLS CORNER Greensills Corner CS1891. • End of Marina Road abbutting on to Harris Promenade, latterly occupied by the Rendezvous Caf£, now demolished. GREYHOUND HOTEL Greyhound Hotel (North Quay) CS 1891.

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• Stood at No. 38 North Quay. First mentioned in 1852 and last mentioned in 1894 (SC51). It would have been demolished in the 1894 clearances when Ridgeway Street was being laid out. GROSVENOR HOTEL (Athol Street) Commercial Inn IOMT. 19.05.1877, Grosvenor Hotel CS1881, 1891. • At 8 Athol Street it started life as the Commercial. Renamed the Grosvenor Hotel in 1877 (NM 138, SC25). Recently closed down. GROSVENOR ROAD Grosvenor Road CS 1891, Grosvenor Road. Ext. fr. 6889 to 7694 SC3775 ONB1956. Off Raphael Road. • Laid out during the 1880s as part of the development of Finch Hill. Probably named from Grosvenor, the family name of the Duke of Westminster (SS70). GROVE COTTAGES; see under Nunnery View Terrace. GROVE VIEW TERRACE Grove View Terrace CS 1871. • The top terrace on the right going up Peel Road before its junction with Circular Road (SS70). GROVES ROAD (Spring Valley / Pulrose) Groves Road. Ext. fr. 2798 to 6457 SC3675 ONB 1956. • Links lower Pulrose with Spring Valley and was known earlier as 'The Groves'. Although only completed in the 1950s it seemingly lies on the line of the old route from the south side of Douglas via the Nunnery Path and the lane behind Saddle Mews to Braddan Church and beyond (SS70). GUTTER Y GABLE (Strand Street) Guttery Gable M/T1834, Guttery Gable CS1841, Guttery Gable, Gutter in the Gable CS1861, Guttery Gable CS1871, Guttery Gable. Public way ONB 1965. Also called Arch Lane & the Gut (qv). • Formerly the narrow passage that ran from Strand Street, opposite Howard Street, up to Market Street. Now runs offset from Howard Street in a dog-leg through to Market Street. During the 1830s/40s Howard Street was also a narrow affair and could be regarded as an extension of Guttery Gable. With regard to the meaning Stuart Slack (1996: 70) suggests for the second element 'Gable' the Northern English dialect word ginnel (pron. gin-l), perhaps introduced by Lancashire fish-workers, meaning 'a narrow passage between buildings', which would adequately describe the situation here. The

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first element 'Guttery' he derives from possible association with Red Herring Houses (qv) in the area which were used to gut herring before they were smoked or 'kippered*. Guttery is recorded as a noun (OED) meaning a place where fish were gutted, and that Gut is recorded from the 16th-century as denoting a narrow passage (which is much the same thing as a ginnel). - GUTTERY GABLE STRAND Guttery Gable Strand MS.05.11.1853. • The shore opposite Guttery Gable / Howard Street. - GUT, the the Gut OT2003. • Local name for Guttery Gable (qv). Η HALSALL: simon Hasals (sic) house 1761DM1762(51), Simon Halsall's Concerns 1763DM1763(61). • Eng. surname (?of Halsall, Lancashire). First recorded in Man in 1505 (JJKP128). Pronounced hassal in Man (see also entry for 1761 above). HAMPTON: Simon Hampton's House in King Street (adj. the Old Factory Yard Ν, E, King Street S) 1831D01833(67). • Eng. surname (from Hampton, Middlesex, or elsewhere). First recorded in Man in 1625 (JJKP128). HANOVER PLACE; see under Caley's Court. HANOVER STREET Hanover Street 1813DM1816(25), Hanover Street 1814DM1815(10), Hanover Street 1826DM 1826(28), Hanover Street IOM AC.24.01.1856, Hanover Street CS1841-91, Hanover Street (obsol.). A public road now incorporated in Lord Street. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • Ran eastwards as a continuation of Lord Street as far as Barrack Street. Now absorbed into Lord Street. Named probably from George III (17601820) of the House of Hannover in Germany. HARBOUR SIDE, the the Harbour Side SDxiv. • That part of the town that adjoined the harbour area prior to the erection of a quay in 1737 (SDxiv). HARDYS YARD Hardys Yard CS1881, 1891.

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• Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1773; JJKP129). A small courtyard off Shaw's Brow. Demolished during the 1960s to make way for the Shaw's Brow car-park (SS72). HAROLD TOWER Harold Tower ("lately erected [...]") MS. 17.06.1836, Harold Tower 1836DM 1837(46), Harold Tower CS1841-91. Harold Tower. Bldg. sit. 6887 SC3874 ONB1957. On Douglas Head. • Built by James Newton in 1833 of unfaced stone (SS72). Provenance of name possibly inspired by the hero of George Gordon, Lord Byron's "Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage" published in 1812/18 which took him to various romantic places, one of which might be associated in the imagination with the site of Harold Tower (NGC2003). HARRIS LANE Harris Lane CS1861-91. • Still identified as running between the Clarendon Hotel and the former bus station. Named from an adjacent hatshop run by a Sammy Harris of Cumberland (SS72). HARRIS PROMENADE Harris Promenade. Ext. fr. 2502 to 3532 SC3876 ONB1956, Harris Promenade. A wide public road with paved pedestrian walk and ornamental garden adjoining ONB1965. Formerly Sand Road and Colonel's Road (qv). • The first formal Douglas Promenade. Laid out in 1868 and built at the instigation of High Bailiff Samuel Harris (son of the foregoing Sammy Harris), Chairman of the first Douglas Town Commissioners. It ran from the end of Castle Street to Broadway and replaced Colonel's Road (qv). As it was the first promenade to be built it was generally known as the Old Promenade. It received its present name as a result of a motion in the Town Commissioners in 1885 in acknowledgment of Samuel Harris's service to the town (SS72). HARRIS TERRACE Harris Terrace MAdv. 18.04.1837, Harris Terrace (adj. Rd -> the House of Industry Ν, E, Rd in front of Harris Terrace S) 1838DO 1838(20), Harris Terrace CS1861-91, Harris Terrace Ext. fr. 8989 SC3775 to 0885 SC3875 ONB 1957, Harris Terrace. PubRd. ONB 1965. Off Kingswood Grove. • Erected on the Brickfield of the Joyner Estate ca. 1837 facing the old boundary wall separating the Joyner and Finch Hill Estates. The wall is there still (SS72).

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HARRISON: Harrison's House and Garden 1760D01760(46). Unlocated. • Eng. surname, unless a trans, of the Mx. surname Kinry, G. Mac Einri. HARRISON: James Harrisons concerns (adj. ComStr. N) 1775DM1782(63, 75). Unlocated. HARRISON: Thomas Harrison's house & Ann harrisons house 1758DO 1762(34). Unlocated. HARRISON: William Harrisons Concerns ("in Duke Street") 1831DM1832 (51). HARRISON'S FIELD Mr. Harrison's Field (by Prospect Terrace) CS1861. HATFIELD GROVE Hatfield Grove CS 1891. Off Mount Bradda. • Running in off Rosemount on the Bwoaillee Ghowiti, the Grove was built in the late 1880s. The name may possibly derive from Lord Salisbury, elected British Prime Minister in 1885, whose home was at Hatfield, near London (SS72). HA WARDEN AVENUE [howaidan] lp Hawarden Avenue CS 1891, Hawarden Avenue. Ext. fr. 4202 to 7019 SC3776 ONB1956. • Laid out up to the southern boundary of Farrant's Ballaquayle in the early 1880s and named after the North Wales home of William Ewart Gladstone, four times British Prime Minister, who had visited Man in 1878. It remained a cul-de-sac till the 1930s when the old quarterland boundary wall was broken through to link up with Westbourne Drive and St. Catherine's Drive recently built (SS72). The Manx pronunciation of this name is trisyllabic (as above), not disyllabic [haidan] as elsewhere. HAZEL CRESCENT (Pulrose) Hazel Crescent. Ext. fr. 2541 thro 1534 SC3675 to end at 9838 SC3575 ONB1956. • In Upper Pulrose. Laid out in 1934 (SS73). HEAD, the the Head (i.e. Douglas Head) MS.03.11.1821. See also under Douglas Head. - HEAD ROAD Head Road ("[...] a new road in course of construction to the hotel on Douglas Head. The road will lead from Fort Anne Road behind Fort William and will rise at a gentle incline to the hotel") MS. 19.03.1870, Head Road CS 1871, Douglas Head Road CS1881, Head Road CS1891. See also Douglas Head Road, Douglas Road and Fort Anne Road.

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• Laid out to serve the Douglas Head Hotel, built by Major Taubman of the Nunnery in 1869/70, the road was first named 'Head Road* by Douglas Town Commissioners ca. 1870. It is also known as the 'Douglas Head Road' from a counter proposal put at the same Commissioners meeting, but which failed to attract a seconder. The road serves as an extension to Fort Anne Road which ran from the South Quay to Fort Anne. However, the entire stretch has come to be known as 'Head Road' (SS73). HEAP'S COTTAGE Heap's Cottage (NE end of Douglas Sand (adj. HW: DG-RY SW, seashore SE) 1822DO1822(41). HEATHER CLOSE (Pulrose) Heather Close.PubRd. ONB1965. • Post Second World War addition to Heather Crescent (qv) (SS73). HEATHER CRESCENT (Pulrose) Heather Crescent. Ext. fr. 0141 to 3047 SC3675 ONB1956. • A 'sister' road to Hazel Crescent (qv), laid out in 1934 (SS73). HENDRICK: Jo. Henricks house (adj. "Vinch's house & Backside" [W]) OD2(68)1719, John Hendrick's houses & Garden 1729DM1730(69), John Kendrick's Houses & Garden 1730DM1731(45). • A version of Henry, influenced by the Latin Henricus, and with intrusive -d(a stop to separate the two continuants η and r). Kendrick is not necessarily an error, as it is a Scots name of Gaelic origin: MacEanruig. HEYWOOD HOUSE Heywood House ("near the Quay") MS.21.01.1826, Heywood House ("at the top of James' Street") MS.01.05.1835. • Eng. surname (?of Heywood, Lancashire). First recorded in Man in 1682 (JJKP135). House sited on the west side of Heywood Place (SD14/01). HEYWOOD PLACE Heywood Place MAdv.09.04.1833, Heywood Place 1837DM1837(32), Heywood Place (off the North Quay) 1840DM1840(20), Heywoods Place CS1841, Heywood Place LA 1870, Heywood Place CS1851-91. • Between North Quay and Hanover Street. It survived the 1890s clearances by being incorporated into the present MEA yard where it can still be traced. Probably named (also following) from the Heywood family who had lived at the Nunnery and owned property in the area (SS73-74). The Heywoods ac-

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quired additional interests centring around the garden inherited from the Joyner family here (SD14/03). HEYWOOD TERRACE Heywood Terrace ("[...] on land above Finche's Well [...]") MAdv.24.04.1832. See also Mona Terrace. • The short-lived name of the first two houses in Mona Terrace, seemingly from Calcott Heywood who sold off the land above Finch Road on which Mona Terrace was built in 1832 (SS74). HEYWOOD'S BIG GARDEN Heywood's Big Garden MAdv.04.12. 1813, Heywood Big Garden (Wellington Square) MAdv.26.08.1815, Captain Heywood's Garden ("in the Big Garden") 1815D01815(9), Heywood's big Garden 1815001815(10), Heywoods Garden CS 1841. • Part of the Big Garden (qv). HEYWOOD'S BRIDGE; see under Governor's Bridge. HEYWOOD'S BRIDGE Heywood's Bridge FR2003. • Built in 1757 it linked the North and South Quays via the end of the Tongue. It was in operation only for some twenty years, as it was felt to confine the harbour too much. It was replaced in 1778 by a stone bridge at the top of the harbour, the precursor to the present stone bridge, built in 1937 (FR2003). See also under the Bridge above. HEYWOOD'S LANE Chapel Street or Heywoods Lane 1822DM1823(19). • Ran from the North Quay up to Hanover Street. See also Chapel Street. HIGGENS: William Higgens Houses 1735DM 1737(68). • Anglicised version of G. 0 hUiginn. See also the following. Houses on the south side of King Street (SD19/10). HIGGINS: Philip Higgins Garden (adj. Corris's Garden [N]) 1756D01756 (53), Philip Higgin's (sic) House (nr. Robert Kelly's House) 1790D01793 (30). HIGGINS: Philips Higgins [Concerns]; see under Barton Tennison. HIGGINS: Thomas Hig[g]ins houses & Concerns (adj. Paul Kelly Concerns E, ComStr. N) 1767DM 1769(47) HIGH VIEW ROAD High View Road. Ext. fr. 7911 SC3777 to 6197 SC3776 ONB1956. • Originally called Centre Circle, it was laid out as part of the Garden City (qv) in the 1930s (SS74).

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HIGHCROFT AVENUE Highcroft Avenue. Ext. fr. 7516 to 8525 SC3777 ONB1956. • Part of the Garden City of the 1930s (SS74). HILARY PARK Hilary Park SS74. • Houses built in 1887. Probably named from Sir William Hillary who had died in 1847 (SS74). HILARY ROAD Hilary Road. Ext. fr. 7539 to 9048 SC3776 ONB1956. Between Woodbourne Road and Bathurst Street. • Initially part of Orry Road (qv), it was in all probability named from the adjacent Hilary Park ca. 1907 when the houses were being built (SS74). HILDESLEY ROAD Hildesley Road. Ext. fr. 6700 SC3777 to 8190 SC 3776 ONB1956. • Laid out in the early years of the 20th century on that part of Ballaquayle known as 'Siberia' (qv). Probably named from Bishop Mark Hildesley (1755-72), Bishop of Sodor and Man, who was largely responsible for producing the Manx Bible (cf. also SS74). HILL BREWERY, the (QL-Ballakermeen) the Hill Brewery 1780DM1782 (71), the Hill Brewery 1781DM1788(112), the Hill Brewery 1810DM1810 (42). • On the Hills Estate adjoining the Hills House on the north side of Circular Road. Offered for sale / sold up 1794 (BGQS247, NGC2003). HILL GARDEN, the; see under the Hills Garden. HILL STREET Hill Street CS1861-91, Hills Street. Ext. fr. 9550 SC3775 to 0359 SC3875 ONB 1957, Hill Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Laid out in 1851 it runs from Upper Church Street to the top of Prospect Hill. Named from the Hills Estate (see foregoing entry for 1957) through which it was cut (SS74-75). - BACK HILL STREET Back Hill Street CS 1881, 1891. - HILL STREET LANE Hill Street Lane CS1891, Hill Street Lane. PubRd. ONB 1965. HILLS, the (25 Kelly) the Hills LA 1783, the Hills LA 1797, the Hills LA 1870. HILLS, the (QL-Ballakermeen) (1 Parr) the Hills LA 1783, the Hills or Parrs Land 1784001785(22), the Hills MMerc.20.08.1793, the Hills or Parrs

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Land 1809DM 1834(41), the Hills Estate 1809DM1814(34), the Hills I8IODO 1811(31), the Hills or Parr's Land MS.28.02.1849, The Hills M/RS1849. See also under Sandy Hills. • Unlike the Finch Hill and Joyner's Estates, the Hills Estate proper was in reality an amalgamation of earlier holdings and comprised the majority of Kelly's Rent and property known as Laurences Closes, as well as Parr's Rent (see below). Hills House (formerly Parr's House (qv)) stood on the latter (SD-BK/03/01; BK/04 part). Evidently an initial holding was carved out of QL-Ballakermeen at the beginning of the 17th century. It was first purchased by Vicar-General William Norris, and by 1643 had passed into the hands of Robert Parr and henceforth known as 'Parr's Land'. It remained in the possession of the Parr family through Deemster John Parr in 1703 and was finally sold by Thomas Parr in 1737 to Philip Moore, patriarch of the 'Moores of the Hills' family, to become part of the Hills Estate. Moore built a residence for himself on the slopes above the old town which he called Hills House. This remained at the junction of what is now Circular Road and Westmoreland Road until its demolition in 1922. Corporation houses now stand on ths site. The Moores were leading merchants in the town both before and after Revestment (1765), but by the mid-19th century they had fallen on hard times and were obliged to sell off their estate. As a result a consortium purchased and laid out land between Circular Road and Allan Street around 1870 and later Douglas Corporation acquired the land on which Hillside Avenue was built in 1925. The Hills Estate is bounded on the north by the Finch Hill Estate and on the south by the Nunnery Rent. It has a narrow seaboard, from Wellington Street to Regent Street (SS75-76). FN: Kellys or Oates' Land, the Close, the Gardens 1810D01811(31), the Church Field 1809DM1812(19), Church field 1811DM1824(20), Camp Field MS.03.11.1837, Church Field ("in the immediate vicinity of Athol Street") MS. 15.09.1837, the Clay Field MS. 19.10.1838, Gick's Field [alias Church Field] MS.26.10.1838, Pump field MS. 19.10.1838, Clay Field, Camp Field, Pump Field, Garden Field, Gick's [d3ik] Field M/RS1849.

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- HILLS GARDEN (QL-Ballakermeen) the Hill Garden 1787DM1788(113), Hills Garden MS.02.12.1865, Hills Garden CS 1891. • Below Circular Road. A popular area for strolling until a dispute transferred promenading to the Red Pier (SS75-76). See also under the Sandy Garden. See also the Old Fair Field. - HILLS MEADOW Hills Meadow MS.21.02.1852. • The name given to the area between Peel Road and the railway / river stretching from the Brown Bobby to Pulrose Bridge, the original meadow belonging to the Hills Estate had its western boundary about half way between Belmont Hill and Pulrose Bridge. Ballabrooie Meadows (known today as The Milestone) cover the rest as far as the Quarter Bridge Hotel car-park. The 1930s widening of Peel Road encroached considerably into the meadows, a swampy area even then. Some building took place, but it was not until the meadow was drained in the 1960s that further building took place (SS7677, NGC2003). HILLSIDE AVENUE Hillside Avenue. Ext. fr. 3670 to 5659 SC3775 ONB1956. • Bought by Douglas Corporation from the Hills Estate after 1922 and laid out in 1925. Hillside Avenue was built on the former 'market gardens' area of the estate bounded by Peel Road, Circular Road and Westmoreland Road (SS76). HIND'S QUARRY Hind's Quarry MH. 18.03.1875. • Douglas Head. Scene of several stone falls (FR2003, BGQS49). HIPPODROME; see under Eiffel Tower. HOGGS YARD Hoggs Yard CS 1861. Unlocated. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1703; JJKP137). HOLE IN THE WALL Hole in the Wall SS77-78. • A breach in the boundary wall which ran through the link road between Demesne Road and Allan Street. This wall marked the junction of the Joyner, Finch Hill and Hills Estates. It was formally opened to vehicular traffic in the 1920s (SS76-77). HOLLY GROVE (Pulrose) Holly Grove. PubRd. ONB1965. HOLMEFIELD CLOSE (Willaston) Holmefield Close. Cul-de-sac ONB 1965. • At the top of Greenfield Road.

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HOLME FIELD ROAD (Willaston) Holmefield Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • At the top of Greenfield Road. HOOP'S BREWERY Hoop's or Mullan's Brewery (to Jo. Hoop, Edw./ Thos. Mullan; adj. ComStr. S, W) 1799DM 1800(21). • North side of Hanover Street. Later known as Robinson's or Cosnahan's Brewery (SD17/01 part). HOPE STREET Hope Street MS.20.05.1854, Hope Street CS1861-91, Hope Street. Ext. fr. 6938 to 8951 SC3775 ONB1957. • Laid out in 1851. Seemingly named after Charles Hope, Lt. Governor of Man (1845-1860) (Winterbottom (1999: 43-51), also SS78). - BACK HOPE STREET Back Hope Street CS1871-91. - HOPE TERRACE Hope Terrace CS 1891. • Facing the rear of Hope Street at its junction with Drinkwater Street (SS78). HOSPITAL, the (dh/prem.) the Hospital ("in Strand Street", adj. sea shore SE) 1838DM1839(20), the Hospital (Strand Street) 1845D01846(68), the Hospital MS. 19.01.1850, The Hospital CS1871. • A medical dispensary was built in 1824 in Strand Street, but it was not until 1850 that a hospital, in the ordinary sense of that term, was set up in a large house known as Roskell's which appears on the Valuation Plan of 1842. The house was in Fort Street on the site of the former Steam Packet engineering works (SS78). The hospital (financed by local benefactor Henry Bloom Noble) could confortably accommodate some twenty patients. A shed in the hospital garden could house some ten to twelve patients in the event of an epidemic (PRCR1879). The hospital was removed to the present Manx Museum building on land given by Noble's wife Rebecca in Kingswood Terrace / Grove in 1888. This transferred in 1912 to the more modern Noble's Hospital building in Westmoreland Road (SS78). The New Noble's Hospital at Ballafletcher in Kirk Braddan has just recently (2002) opened. HOULT'S QUARRY Hoult's Quarry MH.28.11.1883. • ?Douglas Head. See under Douglas Head Quarry. HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, the House of Industry MS.07.10.1836, the House of Industry (West of Harris Terrace) 1838D01838(20), the House of

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Industry 1843DM 1843(19), the House of Industry CS1891, House of Industry, sit. 9395 SC3775 ONB1957. Now the Elian Vannin Home. • Built in 1837 on the Brickfield (Joyner Estate). It was a charitable institution supported by voluntary contribution and could accommodate some 70-80 persons maximum. The main work there seemingly involved mangling clothes and teasing hair. It was renamed Elian Vannin Home by an Act of Tynwald of 1957 (SS78-79, PRCR1879). HOUSE OF KEYS; see under Tynwald. HOW SIDE, the the How Side of Douglas River 1762DM1763(67), the How Side 1788001793(23), the Howside 1802DO1802(12), the How or south side of Douglas river 1804D01811(13), the How-side MAdv.22.02. 1806, the How side ("[...] South end of Douglas Harbour called...") 1819DO 1829(18). South Quay area. • 'hill, headland' ON haugr, hofud, refers to the Nunnery Howe, the large hill just south of Douglas extending to Keristal, near Port Soderick, and westward to the White Hoe and Douglas Bridge. Belonged to the Nunnery Estate of St. Bridget. For further details see in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 125). HOWARD STREET Howard Street CS 1891, Howard Street. Ext. fr. 2066 to 2666 SC3875 ONB1956, Howard Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Formerly known as Strand Street Slip, it was named after James Kenneth Howard who was 'Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Sand Revenues' in recognition of his services in the transfer of the Crown land on the Douglas sea shore in order to build Loch Promenade (1875) (SS79). HOWARD TERRACE; see under Loch Promenade. HOWE BREWERY YARD Howe Brewery Yard (adj. St. Andrew's Place, South Quay) MAdv. 18.04.1837. • Later (from 1846) site of the Douglas Preserved Potato Works (FR2003). HUDDLESTON: Alexander Huddleston's Brewhouse EF1722/154. • Eng. surname, probably from Hudleston in Cumbria (cf. also JJKP141). Adjoing Broad Street (qv). HUTCHIN: Hutchins house OD1(30)1701, Hen. Hutchens Houses 1723DM 1723(27). Unlocated.

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• A forename of Anglo-Norman origin, Mx. Hudgeon, Hutcheon, a diminutive of Hugh. This is usually gaelicised as Uisdean, though H- shows an English or Scottish origin. See also under Ballahutchin in Kirk Marown (PNIM/V: 158-159). The houses were situated on the south isde of King Street where the present Corporation flats now stand (SD19/09). HUTCHINS SELLAR (Cott. 50) Hutchins sellar LA 1703, Hutchins Sellar LA 1709. • North side of the Fairy Ground (SD05/03). HUTCHINSON SQUARE (Est. Castle Mona) Hutchinson Square CS1891, Hutchinson Square. Ext. fr. 0979 to 2165, fr. 0662 to 1374, and fr. 1171 to 1962 SC3876 ONB 1956, Hutchinson Square. A small ornamental garden embracing also the surrounding road and houses ONB 1965. • Laid out on Kayll's Field in 1888. Named from the Hutchinsons of Bemahague, party to a consortium which purchased the Castle Mona Estate after the death of the Duke of Atholl in 1830. A field on the estate was bought by a John Kayll who had a brewery in Castle Street and who gave his name to Kayll's Slip. This gave access to the shore before the erection of Loch Promenade (1875). Hutchinson Square was taken over by Douglas Corporation in 1938 and was, along with other properties, used as an internment camp during the Second World War (SS79). HYDE SELLAR, the the Hyde Sellar (adj. "Old david Murreys Shop") ODl(71)1719. • North side of James Street (SD11/10 adjoining). I IMPERIAL BUILDINGS Imperial Buildings CS1881, 1891, Imperial Buildings. Formerly a hotel sit. 4221 SC3875, then offices of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Ltd ONB 1956, 1965. Now demolished. See also under Imperial Hotel. IMPERIAL HOTEL (North Quay) Imperial Hotel CS1871, 1881. See also under Imperial Buildings. INNER CIRCLE Inner Circle. PubRd. ONB1965. Off Bray Hill.

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• Part of the Garden City (qv). IRISH TOWN Irish Town ("behind Shaw's Brow") MS. 10.08.1838, Irish Town CS 1841,1851. See also Little Hell, Little Ireland & Ordnance Place. • Refers to the Thornhill area set between Shaw's Brow and Barrack Street from the nationality of its residents. IRON PIER, the the Iron Pier IOMAC.22.08.1876. Situated at the bottom of Broadway. • Erected in 1869 it extended some 300m into Douglas Bay from the foot of Broadway. The pier was bought by Douglas Town Commissioners in 1892, dismantled and re-erected at Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales. The pavilion at the end of the pier was removed and resited at Groudle Glen (cf. SS80). ISLE, the (QL-Ballaquayle) The Isle (6fs, 46A "on the west side of the road leading from the gate of Castle Mona to Baldwin") MAdv. 11.05.1830. • A triangle of land bounded by Ballaquayle Road, Murrays Road and Thorny Road, and Bray Hill. It was bought in 1830 from the Duke of Atholl by his grandson Lt. Col. Richard Murray and later sold off as building plots (SS80). ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED, the; see under the Steam Packet Company.

J JAMES PLACE James Place CS1881, 1891, James Place. Cul-de-sac ONB 1965. • Cul-de-sac off the west side of Victoria Road opposite the entrance to Woodville Terrace. It was built in the 1870s next to Woodbine Cottage and probably named from John James Watterson of Tromode who lived in the cottage (SS81). JAMES STREET James's Street 1811D01811(15), James Street 1818DO 1818(30), James Street MAdv.28.02.1822, James's Street 1835DM1838 (18), James Street 1838D01838(25), James's Street 1841DM1842(41), James St. LA1870, James Street CS1841-91, James Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Originally much longer than the James Street of today. It ran from The Cross at the Market Place right through to Heywood Place (qv). It was short-

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ened in the 1890s when Ridgeway Street was cut through. The first Corporation flats were built in the modern James Street (SS81). Probably named after Sir James Somerville, an Irish aristocrat who inherited the property of the Quayle family on the south side of James Street (SD12/17). Sir James had his residence at Somerville, near Brownstown, County Meath, and sold his Douglas property from 1789 onwards. This is the oldest residential street in Douglas (NGC2003). JEMYSSONS CONCERNS Jemyssons Concerns 1758DM1760(71). Unlocated. • The Scots surname Jamieson (cf. Black 1962: 382). It fits the date well, as Jemmy was the ordinary form of Jimmy in the 18th-century. Hs: little house 1758DM 1760(71). Unlocated. JETTY, the the Jetty SS81. • Small access pier to the Tower of Refuge. Built on the north side of the Pollock Rock ca. 1849 (SS81). JOHN BILLS HOUSE John Bills House (adj. sea shore E) 1788D01793 (26). Location uncertain. • A transference of the colloquial Manx practice with informal names - here Juan Illiam - to English names. JOHN STREET John Street 1832D01833(14), John Street 1841DM1841 (27), John Street MS. 16.07.1842, John Street CS1841-91, John Street. Pub. Rd. ONB1965. • One of the earliest streets in Douglas. It is only some 43m long and joins the place where QL-Ballakermeen meets the former cottage area. Not certain from whom it was named (SS81). JOHNNY WATTERSON'S LANE Johnny Watterson's Lane ONB1965. • Named from the Watterson family of Tromode (SS164). Runs between Ballanard Road and Hillberry Road past Willaston and Cronk y Berry. JOINER: Richard Joiner's Garden; see under Tear. JOLLY: the gardens of Mr. James Jolly ("near to the Town of Douglas") MS.27.01.1837. • Eng. surname. First noticed in Man in 1815 (cf. JJKP145).

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Jolly's house is marked on M/RS1849 opposite the Strawberry Gardens (qv) and stood until its demolition c.2000 at the west end of Circular Road whose alignment it determined. James Jolly seemingly operated the Strawberry Gardens on the Hills Estate, to which estate the house originally belonged. Site to be redevloped for flats (NGC2003). JOYNER: Joyner's Concerns 1796DM1797(42). • Either side of James Street (SD13/08 &13/09). JOYNER: Richard Joyners Cellar (adj. "the ould Chappie" W) OD2(27)1707, Mr. Rich. Joyner's Garden (nr. the Sandside) 1762DM1763(72), Richd Joyners [Concerns] (f. Peter Moore's [Concerns] adj. Christopher Fitzsimons Dwelling House and Concerns) 1797DO 1797(38). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1644: JJKP146). Unless we regard this name as a translation of the Manx surname Teare (G. Mac an tSaoir). The cellar was sited in James Street (SD12/10). The Garden adjoined the Great Garden. Now the site of the Town Hall in Ridgeway Street (SD18/07). JOYNER: Robert Joyners Garden LC1690-92/71. • Seemingly to the rear of the north-west side of Barrack Street (SD16/05). Access to this garden later evolved into the Irish Town (qv). Now part of the new Shaw's Brow car-park. JOYNER: Tho. Joyners Gardens LCB1704. Unlocated. JOYNER'S CROFT Joyners Croft (adj. HW E, W, S) 1771001774(46), Joiners Croft 1802DO1807(18). • Somewhere near Hillberry. See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 401). JOYNER'S LAND (QL-Ballakermeen, 66 Joyner) Joyner's Land LA 1783, Joyners-Ballakermeen 1787DM 1789(89), Joyner's Land ("at the Sandside") LA 1797, Joiners Land [1832]D01832(24). • Another of the three big estates carved out of QL-Ballakermeen in 1610. It was purchased by a Thomas Joyner and remained in his family some five or six generations before passing by marriage to Robert Heywood of the Nunnery. His son Calcott Heywood began selling off plots for building in the 1840s. Joyner's Estate has a long sea frontage, from Granville Street to Broadway. It is bounded on the north by QL-Ballaquayle and on the south by the Finch Hill Estate (SS82).

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Κ KAGHAN: Gilbert Kaghan's House (adj. Str. W) 1774DM1779(76). • Mx. surname Kaighin, G. mac Eachain. KARRAN: Karran's House ("to that thatched House called...", nr. the White Lion Inn) 1788DM 1794(88). • Mx. surname, G. mac Ciardin. East end of New Bond Street (SD01/07). KARRAN: Robt Karrans House (adj. "Traviss's Yard" S, Ewan Curpheys House W) 1749DO1749(44). KARRON: Francis Karron's Concern (adj. sea shore E) 1812DM 1812(49). KAYLL'S FIELD; see under Hutchinson Square. KAYLL'S SLIP Kayll's Slip SS79, 84. See also under Senna Slip. • Former name of Senna Slip (qv). Named from John Kayll who ran a brewery in Castle Street, on the site later occupied by a billiard room on Loch Promenade (SS84). Kayll's Slip was situated on the shore opposite Church Road Marina (cf. JJK224). An anglicised version of the Irish surname 0/Mac Cathail. First recorded in Man in 1765 (JJKP148). KELLY: Charles Kelly's House (by Douglas Chapel) 1761001761(34). • Mx. surname, G. mac Ceallaigh. KELLY: Edward Kelly's Garden ODl(68)1718, Edward Kelly's Garden (by Gilbert Smith's Garden & Michael Oates's Garden) 1727001727(26). • Site of Colebourne's shops in Victoria Street (SD21/09). KELLY: Mr. James Kelly's Concerns (adj. the Long Cellar [W]) 1790DM 1791(71). KELLY: John Kelly's house (adj. "Phillip Moors Garden N) 1732DM1732 (60). • At the junction of Duke Street / King Street (SD20/01). KELLY: Kelly the Bell Mans Yard (?Strand Street) 1846DO1847(16). • Tynwald Terrace (qv). KELLY: Margt. Kellys house (adj. "Robt. Corlets house" E, Widow Moores [House] S, "Capt. Oateses house" W) 1756DO1757(49).

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KELLY: Math. Kelleys Houses & Garden 1763DM1763(59), Mathw Kelley's Sandside Garden 1763DM1763(61), Matt. Kelley's Garden (nr. the Sandside, adj. Mr. Rich. Joyner's Garden Ε, Gilbt. Tear's Garden W, Mr. Philip Moore's Garden N, Mr. Philip Finch's [Garden] S) 1762DM1763 (72), Matthew Kelly's Garden 1784DO1784(41). • North side of Victoria Street. Now present-day KallKwik (SD21/03). KELLY: Patrick Kelly's House (adj. Str. S, Cone. Patrick Tobin [W, N]) 1793 D01797(39), Patrick Kelleys house (adj. Cone. Patrick Tobin) I8OODO 1800(20). KELLY (22 Parr, adj.): Paul Kelly's Barn LA 1783. Location uncertain. - KELLY: Raul Kelly's Bulwark (nr. the Quay) 1793DM1792(56). - KELLY: (62 Finch) Paul Kelly's Concerns LA1783, Paul Kelly Concerns (adj. "Thomas Higins houses & Concerns" [W]) 1767DM1769(47), Paul Kellys Dwelling House (by Douglas Sands) 1784DM1785(69). - KELLY: (60 Finch adj.) Paul Kelly's Red Herring House LA 1783, Paul Kelly's Red Herring house (nr. Moore Street) 1792D01801(19), Paul Kelly's Concerns 1805DM1805(24), Paul Kelly's Herring House ("situate near the Cattle Market") 1809D01811(24), Paul Kelly's Herring House (nr. the Cattle Market) 1811DM1830(21). • Built on the site of a former cattle market, now the present Markwell House and Radcliffe's paper works in Market Street (SSI 17). - KELLY: Paul Kelly's Square (nr. Henry Moore's Brewery) MMerc.31.03. 1794., Paul Kelly's Square (sit. nr. the Brewery of Henry Moore) 1794DM 1795(124), Paul Kelly's Square ("those five dwelling houses called...") 1794DM1798( 16). • This was to the east of Nelson Street (now Market Street) under Marks & Spencer. Part of Parr's Rent (NGC2003). KELLY: Philip Kelley's Garden, Ground or Tenement 1775D01776(35), Philip Kelly's new house ("in Post Office Lane") 1837D01838(22), Philip Kelly's Old House ("in Post Office lane") 1844D01844(23). • In Post Office Lane. KELLY: Quillin Kellys House 1726DO1726(13). Unlocated. KELLY: Robt Kellys houses Backside Garden & pew 1737DM1737(54), Robert Kelleys House 1774DM 1776(50), Robert Kelly's House (in La. nr.

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Philip Higgin's House) 1790D01793(30), Robert Kelly's Dwelling House (adj. Philip Christians Garden [E]) 1804DO1804(4). KELLY (Cott. 60): Tho. Kellys house LA 1703, Thos Kelly's houses & Gardens 1728DM1729(56). • North-west corner of the garden now occupied by the TGWU office (SD09/09). This was Thomas Kelly who held Kelly's rent in Ballakermeen, as also the Mückles Concerns. Mückles Gte and Cambrian Place later constructed here. KELLY: Wm Kelleys Shoemaker Concerns (adj. Back Street -> the Old Market place SE) 1838DM1844(28). KELLY: Wm. Kellys garden LCB1704, Wm Kelleys garden LA 1709, Mr. Willm. Kelly's houses & Gardens ("being in severall parts of the said Town of Douglass [...]") 1726DM1727(60), Mr. William Kelly's houses and Gardens 1734DM1734(59). • The garden was the site of St. Barnabas Church (SD09/10). The houses were on the North Quay, on ths site of the Black Lion Inn (Crooked Lane exit), today the south-east corner of St. Matthew's Church (SD12/07). KELLY BALLAQUAYLE: Killey (sic) Ballaquayles Concerns 1798DO 1800(28), Kelly Ballaquayle's Concerns 1799D01800(26). Unlocated. KELLY PLACE Kellys place CS1851, Kelly Place CS1861. See next. KELLY'S COURT (Barrack Street) Kelly's Court. A cul-de-sac off Barrack Street ONB 1965. • Probably the only one of the old Douglas courts still in existence in its entirety. It runs south off Barrack Street between the rear of the former Hanover Street School and the former St. George's Infant School, now known as Nikkei Dow and The Tardis. Owned in 1842 by a Robert Kelly (SS84). KELLY'S COURT (King Street) Kelly's Court CS1861-81, Kellys Court CS1891. • Ran south off King Street approximately in line with the centre of the former Ridgeway Hotel and in 1842 contained two houses owned by the foregoing Robert Kelly. Demolished in the 1890s clearances (SS84). KELLY'S CROFT (Int. 48 adj.) Kelly's Croft (adj. the Old or Big Barn) 1758DO1759(49), Kellys Croft LA 1870. Location uncertain. KELLY'S LANE; see under Bellman's Court.

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KELLY'S STREET Kelly's Street (Ns. of James Street) 1824DM1824(31). • Mentioned in the aforementioned deed as an identification point on the north side of James Street. Not otherwise located (cf. SS84). KELLY'S TANYARD Kelly's Tanyard CS1881. See Killey's Tanyard. KENAGH: Widow Kenaghs Dwelling House (by John Mahoods House [NE]) 1785DM1785(68). • Mx. pers. name Kennaugh as surname, G. Coinneach. KENNAUGHS COURT Kennaughs Court (or Garretts Place) CS 1881. Market Street. • An alternative name for Garrett's Court (qv) (SS84). KENSINGTON AVENUE Kensington Avenue CS 1891. • Laid out at the same time as Brighton Terrace in 1883 to give improved access to the Finch Hill Estate (SS84). Probably named, as with the following, from the area of that name in London. - KENSINGTON LANE Kensington Lane CS1891. - KENSINGTON ROAD Kensington Road CS1891, Kensington Road. Ext. fr. 5970 to 8399 SC3775 ONB1956. • Laid out on the Finch Hill Estate in 1883. The road was cut through into the Joyner's Estate and on to Westmoreland Road in 1928 (SS84). KEPPEL ROAD (Willaston) Keppel Road. Ext. fr. 9590 SC3777 to 1535 SC3878 ONB1956. • Probably named from Keppel Gate, a marker on the TT Course above Kate's Cottage. For these names see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 402). KERMEEN: Anthony Kermeen House (nr. the Big Well) 1771D01773(36), Anthony Kermeens House (nr. "the bigg Well") 1779DM1779(79). • Mx. surname of uncertain origin. House on the north side of Barrack Street (SD16/02). KERMODE: Isabella Kermode's House & Concerns (adj. sea E) 1802DM 1803(20). • Mx. surname, G. mac Dhiarmada, mac Dhiarmuid. KERMODE: Isable Kermode als Taggarts House and yard 1764DM1775 (68). Unlocated.

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KERRUISH: Kerruish's Concerns 1783D01793(20), Kerruish's Land (to Wm. Kerruish, in La. leading from Strand Street, adj. Strand Street E) 1834 D01836(30). • Mx. surname, G. mac Fhearghuis, w. stress on the final syllable. - KERRUISH'S LANE Kerruish's Lane (off Strand Street) 1832D01832 (28), Kerruish's Lane ("leading out of Lord Street") MS.24.07.1847. See also Kewley's Lane. • An early name for Kewley's Lane (qv). Named from a William Kerruish who had previously lived in the lane (SS85). KEWIN: Charles Kewins house ("at the sand side [...]") 1809DO 1835(42), Charles Kewen's house ("in Strand Street", adj. sea shore SE) 1827D01835 (41). • Mx. surname, G. mac Eoghain. KEWLEY: Jane Kewley's [House] (by Nunnery Lake) LA 1783. • Mx. surname, G. mac Fhionnlaigh. Part of the Lake, North Quay / Quine's Corner. Site of present-day J. R. Riley (NGC2003). KEWLEY: John Kewley's Barn 1798D01800(31). Unlocated. KEWLEY: Joseph Kewley's House (adj. Robert Goldsmith's House or Concerns [N]) 1806D01806(23). KEWLEY: Kewley's Garden (nr. the Quay) 1789DM1791(74). KEWLEY: Nicholas] Kewleys house 1731D01732(24). Unlocated. KEWLEY'S LANE Kewleys Lane (off Strand Street) 1846DM 1846(32), Kewley(s) lane CS1861, Kewley's Lane (off Strand Street) LA 1870, Keweys Lane CS1871-91. See also Kerruish's Lane. • Formerly known as Kerruish's Lane (qv), this was the cul-de-sac running off Strand Street near Drumgold Street, and it can still be identified. The Kewleys had property there from 1832 till at least 1894 (SS85). KEY: Ewan Key's House (nr. the Big Well) 1783DM1792(60). • Mx. surname, G. mac Aoidh. KEY: John Keyes Little out house and garden OD2(19)1707, John Keys house and Garden C>D1(9)1709, Keys Garden 1737DM1738(79). • South side of King Street (SD19/08).

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KEY: Robt Keys Garden C>D2(30) 1706, Robert Keys Houses ("in the lower end of the afforesaid Town [of Douglas]") 1731D01731(30). • Half of Hutchin's garden in Ballakermeen. Site of Scott's Bistro (SDBK/03/02). KEYMAN: Gyles keyman old house LC1680/85. • i.e. Mx. surname Kermeen. His holding was on the north side of Lord Street (SD19/17). KILLEY'S TANNERY; see under Killey's Tanyard. KILLEY: Charles Killey's House 1725DM 1726(37), Chs. Killey's (26 Kelly, Northside of Big Well Street) LA 1783. • Mx. surname of uncertain origin. KILLEY: Edwd. Killeys Concerns (adj. Com.Str. [?Big Well Street] -> Peel Road) 1797D01798(10). KILLEY: Richd. Killey's house (adj. "James Moore's houses and Garden" [E]) OD2(63) 1719, Richard Killey Garden 1730DM1730(65). • North side of Barrack Street (SD16/04). KILLEY'S CORNER: Chas. Killey's Corner (Parade, nr. the Fort) MAdv. 17.08.1811. KILLEY'S COURT (Back Strand Street) Killeys Court LPlit.1810, Killeys Court CS1841, Kellys Ct. CS1851, Kelly's Court (Back Strand Street "near to Mr. Killey's Tanyard") MS. 17.01.1852. • Laid out by William Killey of Castletown on the west side of Society Lane for his brother Edward ca. 1807/09. Now the site of 45 Victoria Street (NGC 2003). KILLEY'S FRUIT GARDEN Killey's Fruit Garden ("the garden [...] near the Hills [...] known as Killey's Fruit Garden enclosed within four brick walls & having a handsome summer house") MAdv. 13.03.1813. • On Ballakermeen. It straddled the boundary of Kelly's Rent and the Nunnery Rent alongside the alley known as Little Ireland (qv). Now the site of Shaw's Brow car-park (NGC2003). KILLEY'S TANYARD Philip Killey's Tannery 1803D01809(16), Killey's Tannery 1816D01817(22), Philip Killey's Tanyard 1831 DM1835(44), Mr. Killey's Tanyard MS. 17.01.1852.

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• Off Market Street in the area now occupied by Radcliffe's paper works and Markwell House. A Philip Killey apparently purchased the land from a Paul Kelly who had previously taken over the adjacent cattle market (SS85). KILLINGHAN'S CROFT (QL-Ballaquayle) Killinghan's Croft (adj. "Claddaugh Croft") 1766DM1769(48). • Refers to the area on which part of the residential estate of Tromode Park has recently been built (SS85). Mx. surname, G. mac gille Fhinnein / Fhinghein. KING EDWARD ROAD King Edward Road. PubRd. ONB1965. Leads up from Queen's Promenade round Onchan Head and out to Groudle. KING EDWARD VIII PIER King Edward VIII Pier. Ext. fr. 4520 to 7012 SC3875 ONB1956, King Edward VIII Pier ONB1965. • Built as an extension to the former Red Pier in 1936. Named after King Edward VIII (succeeded January 1936, abdicated December 1936). Now simply the Edward Pier. See also under Mrs. Simpson's Jetty. KING GEORGE V PARK King George V Park. A sports ground and playing field ct. 6990 SC3675 ONB1956. Near the National Sports Centre. See also under Bellevue. • Named after King George V (1910-1936). KING SAIL'S HOUSE King Sail's house 1807DM1808(19), King Sales House ("in Drumgold Street") 1824D01826(20). • Perhaps the surname Sayle, or a nickname? KING STREET King's Street 1806DM 1809(36), Main Street Called King Street 1810DM1814(25), King Street 1812D01813 (38), King's Street 1813 D01813(26), King Street MAdv.01.05.1813, King Street 1819D01819(24), King Street 1824D01828 (16), King St. LA1870, King Street CS1841-91, King Street. Ext. fr. 1041 to 1939 SC3875 ONB1956, King Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Ran from Duke Street to the fork with John Street and North John Street. Most of the north side of the street was demolished in 1875 and rebuilt to become back entrances to the shops on the south side of the new Victoria Street (qv). A few years later the south side was demolished and rebuilt with Corporation flats (SS85).

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The parts of the north side that were not demolished include No. 2 and part of the present-day Manx Gas premises at 51 Victoria Street which has been extended front and rear and re-fronted; also possibly parts of the rear of 45 and 47 Victoria Street which stand back on the old street line (NGC2003). Uncertain from whom the street was named. KING'S ARMS HOTEL, the (Church Street) the King's Arms Inn ("on the west side of Church Street") 1837DM 1837(19), the King's Arms MS. 14. 02.1840, King's Arms Hotel CS1841. See also under Adelphi Hotel. • At 21 Church Street and renamed the Adelphi Hotel in 1842 (SC31-32). Demolished in 1954 to make way for the Shaw's Brow car-park (SS140). For other inns of this name see NM418-19, 138. KINGS COURT Kings Court CS1871. Unlocated. KING'S YARDS King's Yards M/T1834. • Shipbuilding yard immediately west of the old Fort site. Possibly so named as part of the property was claimed by the British Crown (NGC2003). KINGSWOOD GROVE Kingswood Grove CS 1881, 1891, Kingswood Grove. PubRd. ext. fr. 0186 SC3875 to 0105 SC3876 ONB1956, Kingswood Grove. PubRd. ONB1965. • Part of the Finch Hill Estate sandwiched in between two parts of the Joyner Estate (north of Windsor Road and south to the Elian Vannin Home and beyond), the grove was laid out for building in the 1870s and went as far as the wall of the Elian Vannin Home. It was later cut through to Harris Terrace and Christian Road. Possibly named from the Bristol suburb of Kingswood (SS86), or from some connection with Kingswood School in Bristol, a residential school (originally) for the sons of Methodist ministers. In the earlier days of the connection their parents were assigned to a different church each year, and the children would otherwise have had to find a new school, if there was one available (RLT2003). - KINGSWOOD TERRACE Kingswood Terrace CS1881, 1891. • Comprised four houses built at right-angles to Kingswood Grove shortly after the building of the latter. Demolished during the mid 1980s to make way for the new Manx Museum extension (SS86). KINREAD'S CROFT Kinreads croft ("up Kinreads croft to the top of the Brow") EF1722/59-69.

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• Mx. surname Kinrade, G. mac con Riada. Now under the street at Quine's Corner (SD15/01). KISSACK: Miss Kissacks garden (nr. Thomas Street) 1808DM1810(27). • Mx. surname, G. mac losoig / Iosaig. Now the site of Manx Gas premises at 51 Victoria Street (SD21/08 part). KISSACKS CORNER Kissacks Corner (Prospect Hill) CS 1891. • Named from James Kissack's grocer's shop there (NGC20Q3). KITCHEN, the dh. the Kitchin 1748DM1749(53), the Kitchin 1762DM1762 (42), the Kitchen ("in Wellington Square") 1842DM1845(13). • In Wellington Square. KNEAL: Philip Kneals Garden (adj. "Corns house" [E]) 1757DM 1758(95). • Mx. surname Kneale, G. mac Neill. KNEEN: Charles Kneens house (adj. sea shore E) 1804DO1808(15). • Mx. surname, G. mac Naoimhin.

L LABURNUM ROAD (Pulrose) Laburnum Road. Ext. fr. 2556 to 6 2 6 8 SC3675 ONB1956. LACE: Lace his house and Gardens (to Wm. Lace) ODl(2)1711. • Mx. surname. Same as the Rev. Mr. Curghey's premises (qv) and later the site of the Laxey Inn on the east side of Chapel Lane (SD09/06). LACE: Phillip Lace's Smithty (sic) and Garden 1764DM 1769(50). Unlocated. LAGG CREA ROAD, the (QL-Ballaquayle) the Lagg Crea Road (to shore) 1793DM1793(69). See also under Palace Road. • For this name see under Ballaquayle in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 371-72). A farm track giving access from Castle Mona to the upper fields near the prison in Victoria Road. It was more or less on the line of the modern Palace Road (SS87). LAKE, the the Lacke 1729DM 1730(72) et passim, the Lake (obsol.). Formerly applied to an open area ct. 7025 SC3775. The ground has now been built on and the name is no longer applicable ONB 1956. Area of Douglas Railway Station. Name survives in Lake Road (qv).

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• Before the building of Douglas Railway Station the Douglas River meandered in a large loop following the bank below the Brown Bobby, then turned towards the Nunnery Mill and the western end of Leigh Terrace. Between the river and the harbour there was a stretch of swampy ground known as the Nunnery Lake, as it flooded at high spring tides, and at one time this extended as far as the seaward end of the Tongue. The lake was crossed by a causeway extending from the old Douglas Bridge at the western end of Leigh Terrace to Big Well Street, thus cutting the lake area into two parts. The southern section was sometimes referred to as the Douglas Lake, though its entirety remained the property of the Nunnery. However, when the 'Stone Bridge' was built on the site of the present bridge in 1778, the seaward part of the lake east of the bridge was drained to form the inner harbour. In 1821 Quiggin's ropeworks was established along the line of the old causeway and the building of the steam railway station close to the town heralded the draining of the western section of the Nunnery Lake. All that remains to remind us of the Nunnery Lake is Lake Road (qv) (SS87). - LAKE BREWERY, the the Lake Brewery ("on the North Quay") 1833DM 1834(32), Lake Brewery CS1881, Lake Brewery BD1882. • At the upper end of the harbour between North Quay, Bank Hill and Big Well Street. Founded in 1779. Taken over by John Wm. Clinch in 1868. Known later as Clinch's Brewery (BGQS247-48, NGC2003). - LAKE ROAD Lake Yard Road CS1881, Lake Road CS1891, Lake Road. Ext. fr. 4823 to 8122 SC3775 ONB1956. • Laid out ca. 1867 (SS87). LANCASHIRE HOUSE Lancashire House (North Quay) CS 1891. • Once stood on the North Quay between the Oddfellows' Arms and the Hare and Hounds. The building evidently started life as the office of the Monarch Steamship Company and on its roof bore a figure of the Liver Birds. The premises were established in 1824 and last listed in 1894 (NM139, SC52). LANCASTER ROAD Lancaster Road. Ext. fr. 7204 SC3777 to 9291 in SC 3776 ONB1956. • Laid out on the Murray Estate at the beginning of the 20th century, it ran from Bray Hill to the junction of Ballaquayle Road and Palatine Road, incor-

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porating the present Withington Road (qv) (SS87). Probably named from the county town of Lancashire. LARGIE RENNEY, the (QL-Ballakermeen) the :Largie renney (adj. the Flatt E) OD1(7)1710. Just above Peel Road. • 'hillslope of bracken' Mx. lhargee rhennee, G. leargaidh rainich. See also under Ballakermeen in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 368). LASNON: Lasnon's Concerns MMerc. 19.03.1793, Lasnon's House (Fort Street) MAdv.20.03.1817. • Established in Fort Street (qv) by Frenchman Monsieur Lasnon and used as a Poor House until the establishment of the House of Industry (qv) in 1837. Known also as the Frenchman's House (qv). LAUREL TERRACE; see under Castle Mona. LAURESTON (Ballaquayle Road) Lauriston MAdv. 17.06.1834, Lauriston 1838D01842(53), Laureston MS.22.11.1845. • In 1832 Scotsman John Sankie Schaw bought four fields of the former Castle Mona Estate, namely, those bounded by Ballaquayle Road, Dukes Road, the lower part of St. Ninian's Road, part of Noble's Park and Glencrutchery Road. Schaw sold it on to local merchant Alexander Spittall in 1849. The name probably derives from Laurence's or Laurie's Town or the Laureston district of Edinburgh (SS88). - LAURESTON AVENUE Laureston Avenue SS88. • Runs between Murrays Road and York Road past Murrays Road School (SS88). - LAURESTON CLOSE Laureston Close SS88. • A short cul-de-sac running off Laureston Grove. - LAURESTON GROVE Laureston Grove. Ext. fr. 0812 to 1500 and fr. 1601 SC3877 to 2192 SC3876 ONB1956, Laureston Grove. PubRd. ONB 1965. • A cul-de-sac built on Teare's market garden, it runs in from and goes behind the upper part of St. Ninian's Road (SS88). - LAURESTON ROAD Laureston Road CS 1881. • The former name for the top part of Woodbourne Road between Albany Road and its junction with Ballaquayle Road (SS88).

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- LAURESTON TERRACE (Ballaquayle Road) Laureston Terrace CS 1891, Laureston Terrace. Terrace of houses separately numbered ONB1965. • On the northside of Ballaquayle Road between Dukes Road and the top side of Hutchinson Square (SS88). - LAURESTON VIEW Laureston View SS88. • Three houses on the south side of Ballaquayle Road between Woodbourne Road and Somerset Road (SS88). LAWN VILLA (Est: Castle Mona) Lawn Villa CS1871-91, Lawn Villa (obsol.), sit. 3536 SC3876. Name no longer applies ONB1957, Lawn Villa. Now demolished ONB1965. LAWRENCE'S CORNER Lawrence's Corner (North Quay) MS.26.02. 1828. Also known as Cosnahan's Corner & Fleetwood Corner (qv). • Name taken from the Fleetwood Arms / Hotel (qv) which once stood on that comer. It projected out on to the North Quay, but was demolished in the 1890s to make way for the Ridgeway Street development. Known also as Foley's (qv) it stood opposite the end of the Tongue on the North Quay at the eastern end of Queen Street (cf. SS87). LAWSON: Anthony Lawson's house 1801D01801(21), Anthony Lawson's house 1802DM1803(18). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1693; JJKP160-161). LAWSON: James Lawsons house and concerns (Drumgold Street) 1843DO 1846(60). LAXAH HALL Laxah [Laxey] Hall ("A certain messuage or dwelling house lately built by us [...] known as Laxah Hall") 1758DM 1759(40). Drury Lane. • Almost certainly named from the village of Laxey some 10km north-east of Douglas. For the name see in Kirk Lonan (PNIM/IV: 326). A large house built by William and Dorothy Fine (SD01/05). Later bought by Thomas Durie who married their daughter Ann (NGC2003). See also under Drury Lane. LAXEY INN Laxey Inn CS1891. Chapel Lane. • This was at 3 Chapel Lane. In 1863 it bore the name of 'The Board'. Demolished during the 1890s clearances. The site is now covered by the former bus station (NM139, SC31).

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LAZY HILL (68 Taggart) Lazy Hill LA 1783, Lazy Hill ("near Douglas") LA 1797, Largy Keill (sic) LA 1870. • Between the Brown Bobby and Belmont Hill. Seemingly named from the fact that after pulling up the hill from Douglas, the cart would run forward of its own volition after the Brown Bobby where the road slopes down again towards the bottom of Belmont Hill; the horse would no longer have to strain, and the brakes would have to be applied (NGC2003). LEASE: Philip Leases Garden (adj. "William Neals house" S) 1762DM1764 (61). • Mx. surname Lace (qv). LEIGH TERRACE (Castletown Road) Leigh Terrace CS1871-91, Leigh Terrace. Row of bldgs. 7010 SC3775 ONB1957. • Built on the south side of the Castletown Road just west of the Stone Bridge. Probably named from Thomas Leigh Goldie who fell at the battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War in 1854. The name Leigh seems to derive from Goldie Lea, the estate in Dumfriesshire from where the Goldie family originated (SS89). LEWIN: Jane Lewins House 1816DM1817(67). Unlocated. • Mx. surname, G. mac gille Edghainn. LEWTHWAITE'S COURT Lewthwaite Court CS1871, Lewthwaites Court CS1881, Lewthwaite's Court CS1891. • A small court off the west side of Fort Street behind the almshouse in Almshouse Lane. Almost certainly named after the Lewthwaite family of paper makers. Their forebear Alexander Lewthwaite came to Man from Egremont in Cumberland (now Cumbria) in 1789 (SS89). The name Lewthwaite would seem to be a lost place-name. - LEWTHWAITES SLIP Lewthwaites Slip CS1861. • Situated almost opposite the court of that name (see foregoing) near the old General Hospital on that section of protruding ground built at the western end of the Pollock Rocks. The Slip disappeared following the erection of the Loch Promenade (qv) on land reclaimed from the sea during the 1870s (SS99), though part of it can evidently be seen at the west side of the present police station in Fort Street. LIGHTHOUSES; see under Douglas Lighthouse.

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LILLY BANK/ MOUNT Lilly Bank CS1871, Lilly Mount CS1881, Lily Bank CS 1891. Woodbourne Road. • Two houses between Woodbourne Square and Alexander Drive (SS90). LIMEKILN, the (Cott. 1) the Limekiln LA 1703, the Lime Kilne LCB1704, the limekiln LA 1709, the Lime Kiln LA 1750, the Lime Kill LA 1797, the Lime Kiln LA 1870. • Probably built at the time of the Lord's Cellars, etc, (at the Lord's Hill (qv) in the 1660s) to provide mortar for the Lord's warehouses and stables when they were constructed 1668-70. Once stood at the Double Corner near to the former swing-bridge [now a cantilever bridge] (SDxii, SSI 15). LINDEN GROVE Lin[d]en Road CS 1861, Linden Grove. Ext. fr. 6546 to 7834 SC3877 ONB1956, Linden Grove ONB1965. Off Victoria Road. • Originally named Victoria Mount, the houses were built on part of QL-Glencrutchery acquired by the Duke of Atholl as part of his Ballaquayle estate. During the First World War the houses were requisitioned to billet the soldiers guarding the adjacent internment camp at Cunningham's Holiday Camp in Victoria Road. The road is named after a row of linden or lime trees evidently planted by the billeted soldiers, receiving its present name in 1920 (SS90). LITTLE CELLAR Little Cellar ("in the streete to the Cross") ODl(44)1713. • West side of Market Hill (SD11/03). LITTLE GARDEN, the (Int.) the little Garden (adj. "Thomas Banckes his house" E, "Thomas Moore's Flatt" N) 1725DM1726(25), the little Garden 1783DM1784(47). LITTLE HEAD the little head 1814D01814(16), Little Head. Obsol. A coastal name ct. 8890 SC3874 ONB1957. • Lower part of Douglas Head on which was erected a battery in 1814. See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 118). LITTLE HELL Little Hell ("back of Athol Street down through into Hanover Street, a series of flights of steps down") LC1989. See also under Irish Town, Little Ireland & Ordnance Place. • Thornhill, between Shaw's Brow and Barrack Street. Access from Barrack Street was via a flight of steps. The name seems to derive either from the state of the buildings there, or from the deportment of their occupants.

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LITTLE IRELAND Little Ireland or Ordnance Place (Shaw's Brow) MS.08. 07.1843. See also Irish Town, Little Hell & Ordnance Place. • See foregoing. LITTLE SWITZERLAND Little Switzerland. A group of large residential houses; PubRd. ONB1965. • A group of elegant houses at the top of the old wrack road (narrow drove road) once linking Glencrutchery farm with the shore. Formerly known as Switzerland Square, but now known as Little Switzerland (SS90). Name probably deriving from the winding and precipitous nature of the road. LITTLE WIDOWS' HOUSE Little Widows' House PRCR1879. • The Poor Relief Commission Report for 1879 mentions a house for four or five widows known as the 'Little Widows' House'. The house was situated near Cambrian Place. LIVERPOOL ARMS (North Quay) Lpool Arms CS 1841, Liverpool Arms IOMAC. 12.04.1855, Liverpool Arms CS 1891. • At 63 North Quay between the Masonic Hotel to the east and the Oddfellows' Arms to the west. Seems to have developed from an establishment called Liverpool House in Bond Street, then moved to North Quay in 1831. By 1843 it had become the Liverpool Arms from its new landlord who had evidently been in the Liverpool Arms in George Street. Known latterly as the Manchester and Liverpool Arms. Demolished during the 1890 clearances (NM 139, SC52-53). LIVERPOOL COFFEE HOUSE Liverpool Coffee House NM423-25. • Seems to have been near the Old Chapel (St. Matthew's in the Market Place). The first known reference to it dates from 1784 and it lasted till ca.1817 (NM423-25). LIVERPOOL HOUSE; see under Liverpool Arms. LOCH PARADE Loch Parade SS91. • An early name for Loch Promenade (qv) (SS91). LOCH PROMENADE Loch Promenade IOMAC.22.08.1876, Loch Promenade CS1881, Loch Promenade CS1891, Loch Promenade. Ext. fr. 4342 SC3875 to 2601 SC3876 ONB1956. • Named from Sir Henry Brougham Loch, Lt. Governor of Man (18631882). In order to facilitate Man's growing tourist industry Loch initiated an

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ambitious building programme which involved reclaiming hundreds of metres of Douglas foreshore to enable the erection of the Victoria Pier, Victoria Street and Loch Promenade. The area reclaimed ran from the Pollock Rocks to Harris Promenade. Work on the Loch Parade, as Loch Promenade was initially called, was completed by 1875, which resulted in the building of a number of terraces on the landward side (viz. Villiers Terrace, Connaught Terrace, Howard Terrace, Tynwald Terrace), later serving as hotels and boarding houses. The promenade was widened to include sunken gardens, etc, from 1929 to 1935 as part of a winter work scheme (SS91). LOCH TERRACE Loch Terrace SS91. • On the north side of Circular Road between the top of St. George's Street and Hillside Terrace. Demolished in the early 1990s. Probably named after Governor Loch (SS91). LOGAN: Logan's house and Concerns 1821 DO 1824(29), Logan's House ("in Duke's Lane") 1843DM1846(53). • Scottish surname, probably from Ayrshire (cf. Black 1962: 436-37). LONG CELLAR, the Ia/b the Long Cellar ("on the Lower side of the Marken Cross") OD1(29)1706. • On the site of the original British Hotel and now the Market Hall (SD12/02). Also one at the Cross, on the site of St. Matthew's Chapel and now of the British Legion Club (SD10/06). LONG CELLAR, the II the Long Cellar ("on or near the Quay of Douglas formerly called Reader's Concerns") 1790DM1791(71). • Built during the 18th-century on the former bus station site at the North Quay (SD01/02). LOOM HOUSE, the the Loom house or shop (nr. Old Cattle Market Street) 1826DO1826( 12). LOONEY: Gilbt Looneys [House] 1749D01749(58). Unlocated. • Mx. surname, G. mac gille Dhomhnaigh. LOONEY: John Looney Cooper's Intacks (adj. HW S) 1769DM1771(47). Location uncertain. LORD NELSON STREET Lord Nelson Street MS.05.02.1853. See also Great Nelson Street & Nelson Street.

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LORD STREET Lord Street 1818D01818(18), Lord Street 1819DM1819 (43), Lord Street MAdv.23.11.1820, Lords Street 1826DM 1833(38), Lord Street 1828DM1828(20), Lord Street LA 1870, Lord Street CS1841-91, Lord Street. Ext. fr. 8231 SC3775 to 3631 SC3875 ONB1956, Lord Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Originally ran from the junction with Duke Street to that with Church Street (where the Wheatsheaf Hotel now stands). Widened during the 1890s when Ridgeway Street was built, then 1934-35 during the clearances of the Fairy Ground area which enabled Lord Street to be widened and lengthened, absorbing Duke Lane, Hanover Street and Big Well Street. In the other (easterly) direction it was extended to The Parade. Probably named from Lord's Hill (SS91-92). See next. LORD'S HILL, the (Int. 155) the Lord's Hill or Lords Store House ("abutting to his Chappell Street") 1758DM 1793(68), the Lords Hill or Lords Yard (by the Harbour) 1774DM1793(67), the Lords Hill (pel. orig. clld "the Lords Hill afterward Blacks afterward the Dukes house"; sold by the Duke of Atholl) LA 1797(1808), the Lord's Hill or Lord's Yard (on Douglas Quay by the Market Place) 1808DM 1809(10), the Lords Hill LA 1870. • Probably named from the Stanleys, Lords of Man (1405-1736). Property in this area is now covered by the Douglas Hotel adjacent to the market. During the regime of the Dukes of Atholl (1736-65), the Duke resided at the Douglas Hotel before purchasing Port-e-Chee and later Castle Mona. The only 'hill' in the area is that of the present Market Hill, and it seems likely that Lord's Hill preceded this name, but gave its name to Lord Street (SS92). - LORD'S HOUSE, the The Lord's house and garden LV1690, the Lords houses LCB1704, the Lord's House 1791D01791(40), the Lords house & Concerns 1801D01802(21), the Lords House 1831DM1838(15). • The Lord had houses on two sites at different times: 1. The most important was the Lord's Hill site by the Market Place (NGC 2003). 2. The other Lord's Houses were acquired by Lord Strange in 1631 and later leased off to Robert Coultry in 1682. The property stretched between the site of the later North Quay and James Street (SD12/08) and was finally disposed

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of by the Duke of Atholl in 1791 (NGC2003). Now the Douglas Hotel (SS92). - LORD'S OLD WAREHOUSE, the (Int. 156 adj.) the Lord's Old Warehouse (adj. Chapel Street) 1808DM 1809(10), the Lords old warehouse LA 1870. - LORD'S STORE HOUSE; see under the Lord's Hill - LORD'S YARD; see under the Lord's Hill. LOUGH, the the Lough (Est. to Philip Finch; by the sea) 1775DM1775(65), the Lough MAdv.27.12.1806, the Lough (adj. Douglas Sand) MAdv.01.11. 1821.

• 'lake, marsh-area' Mx. logh, G. loch. A marine feature. Acquired by the Duke of Atholl after 1792. It was on the south side of the Lough Estate that the Duke commenced erection of Castle Mona in 1802 (SS92). - LOUGH HOUSE, the the Lough House (nr. Douglas) 1789DM 1790(71), the Lough House 1790DM1792(54), the Logh-house MAdv.15.11.1821. • Apparently the forerunner of Castle Mona and sited approximately on the line of Palace View Terrace between the Falcon Cliff lift and the shore. Originally built around 1737 it was later sold to the Duke of Atholl who seemingly wanted to acquire as much land on the edge of the town as possible. Loch House was probably demolished on completion of Castle Mona in 1804, when the Castle Mona gardens were laid out (SS92). LOVE LANE (Est: Marina) Love Lane 1846DM1847(30), Love Lane 1846 DM 1846(60), Love Lane MS.31.05.1848, Love Lane CS1861. • Formerly the lower part of Derby Road. Probably named from its suitability as a secluded area (cf. SS92-93). See also Lovers Lane. LOVE LANE Love Lane ("corner of King Street") MAdv. 17.06.1817. • Probably a small court leading northwards off King Street at its junction with North John Street. The site would be around the rear of present Τ. H. Colebourne's shop (SS93). LOVERS LANE Lovers Lane MS.22.08.1853. See also Love Lane. • Runs from the now demolished Arches above Mona Drive down across the front of Woodville Terrace to Broadway. Perhaps an extension of Love Lane (Derby Road) (SS93).

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LOWCAY: Mr. Lowcays houses & Gardens 1726DM 1726(27,28),

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cays houses and Gardens 1728DO 1728(13). • Scottish surname, a variant of Logie? (cf. Black 1962: 437). The Rev. Mr. Henry Lowcay was a clergyman who operated in Man in the latter part of the 17th-century. His house stood on the north side of New Bond Street (SD02/08) and his garden was situated at the southside junction of Duke Street and King Street (SD21/10). Μ MAHOOD: John Mahoods House (adj. Daniel Cannell Shoemakers Concerns N, Patrick Savages Concerns NE, SE, Jno. Gellings Concerns SE, ComStr. facing Widow Kenaghs Dwelling House SW) 1785DM1786(68), Mchudd's House (adj. Int. 141 ON, ComStr. S) 1783DM1786(70), Mahuds house (adj. ComStr. S, "Ware house of John Gelling" E) 1782D01782(69), Mchood's House 1783DM 1786(72). • Difficult. Perhaps Cudd, a shortened familiar form of the English name Cuthbert. The name Wade is both English (a divine person from Saxon times or one who lived by a ford (OE gewced) and in a way Irish, but from a personal name of Frankish origin, Walter, in its familiar form of Wat, gaelicised to Uait (RLT2003). The house was apparently very small and stood on the north side of the Fairy Ground (SD05/02). It later became the Elian Vannin Arms Annex (NGC2003). MAHUD, MCHOOD, MCHUDD; see under Mahood. MALT HOUSE, the the Malt House 1756DM1788(97). ?Strand Street. MALTMAN'S HOUSE, the the Maltman's house (nr. the shore) 1797DO 1797(36), Mal tarn ans House (adj. sea shore E, PubStr. [?Strand Street] W) 1822D01822(28). MALVERN ROAD Malvern Road. Ext. fr. 6296 to 7387 SC3776 ONB 1956. • Derives its name in 1948 from Malvern Terrace when the lower side of the road was developed. The terrace was laid out on the upper side of the road at the end of the 1890s as virtually the final housing development of the Murray

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Estate. Decked in yellow brick cladding it could be seen for miles around. Probably named from the Worcestershire town of that name, built on the side of the Malvern Hills (W. moel fryti 'bare hill', OW. *mel-ßrinti). MANCHESTER ARMS Manchester Arms (North Quay) CS1891. • See under Liverpool Arms above. Μ ANNIN ROAD (Willaston) Mannin Road. Ext. fr. 8793 to 9196 SC3777 ONB1956. • Mx. name for the Isle of Man, G. Manainn. MANOR, the; see under Pulrose Road. MARATHON Marathon CS1881, 1891, Marathon, sit. 4082 SC3876 ONB 1957. • Large mansion house erected in the 1840s and named Woodville. Renamed Marathon in 1852, probably from the battle-site of 490 BC of that name near Athens (cf. also SS95). Unless the name, as RLT suggests, echoes the lines from Byron: "The mountains look on Marathon - and Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamt that Greece might still be free". Byron died in 1824, so the dates allow it. The mansion is today a nursing home. - MARATHON AVENUE Marathon Avenue. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Laid out behind Princes Road in 1947 using one of the roads laid out a 100 years before by the Isle of Man Building Company in their endeavour to create the new town of Woodville (qv) (SS95). - MARATHON DRIVE Marathon Drive. Ext. fr. 2796 to 3691 SC3876 ONB 1956, Marathon Drive. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Name already in existence when the Corporation houses were built on the south side as part of the Olympia development in 1928 (SS95). Between Victoria Road and Dukes Road. - MARATHON ROAD Marathon Road. Ext. fr. 1557 to 3783 SC3876 ONB 1956, Marathon Road. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Initially known as Woodville Road or Woodville Terrace, it received its present name when the newer Woodville Terrace was built ca. 1889. Runs from Ballaquayle Road to Victoria Road, though part of it forms the southern side of Hutchinson Square (qv) (SS95). - MARATHON TERRACE Marathon Terrace CS 1891. Olympia.

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• Private houses erected on the north side of Marathon Drive in 1898 (SS95). MARINA Est. Marina 1821 DO 1822(24), Marina MS.23.03.1824, Marina 1833D01834(9), Marine 1846DM1847(30), Marina CS1881. • Estate stretching from the Villa Marina and Harris Promenade up to Derby Square. MARINA ROAD Marina Road 1840D01842(19), Marina Road 1841DO 1842(39), Marina Road CS 1861-91, Marina Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Now refers to the northern section of Castle Street from Senna Slip to Church Road. But for a short period in the 1840s before St. T h o m a s ' s Church was built, it may have referred to Church Road Marina which led up to the entrance of the first Villa Marina (qv), built by Robert Steuart (SS95). - BACK MARINA ROAD Back Marina Road. PubRd. ONB1965. MARINA T E R R A C E Marina Terrace MAdv.29.06.1826, Marina Terrace 1830DM1832(40), Marina Terrace 1833D01834(9), Marina Terrace (adj. Rd -> Villa marina W, shore E) 1839D01840(19), Marina Terrace MS.11.04. 1850, Marina Terrace CS 1861-91, Marina Terrace, ct. 2112 SC3876 ONB 1957. • A block of four houses with very long gardens formerly stood on the site of the present Gaiety Theatre, Villa Marina Arcade and Sefton Hotel car park (SS96). MARINE DRIVE Marine Drive. Ext. fr. 8769 SC3874 thro 0099 SC3572 to its end at 8585 SC3472 ONB 1957. • Runs from Douglas Head southwards to Port Soderick. Impassable for vehicles owing to cliff erosion at Horse Leap and Wallberry (see in Kirk Braddan; PNIM/V: 106, 143). Built as a scenic toll road as far as Keristal 189093. Tramway installed along its length in 1896. Bought by the Highway Board after the Second World War to conduct reconstruction work, especially the bridges at Horse Leap and Wallberry. But the rock proved unstable and that part of the drive was closed to vehicular traffic. Other sections reopened in 1995 (SS97). See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 119). MARION T E R R A C E Marion Terrace MS.06.11.1841, Marion Terrace CS1871, 1891. Castle Mona Avenue. • A short terrace in Castle Mona Avenue near the rear of the Empress Hotel (SS98).

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- MARION VILLA (Est: Castle Mona) Marion Villa ("on the margin of Douglas Bay") MAdv. 17.03.1840. MARKET CROSS, the the Markett Cross OD 1(29) 1706. • Seems to have been at the junction of present Market Hill and Duke Street where the drinking fountain now stands. No illustration is known to survive of it (SDxiii). See also the Douglas Cross & Market Place. MARKET HILL Market Hill. PubRd. ONB1965. • Between the North Quay and Lord Street, facing Duke Street, though traditionally an extension of Duke Street down to the North Quay. Received its present name after the 1930s remodelling of Lord Street (SS98). See also under Lord's Hill. MARKET HOTEL Market Hotel (New Bond Street / Chapel Lane) CS 1891. • Initially called the Old Market Inn (ca. 1852) it stood on the corner of New Bond Street and Chapel Lane. Demolished in the slum clearances of 1934-35. The elaborate doorway ('Adam's Doorway') gracing the entrance to the hotel was removed to the base of the steps at the bottom of Crellin's Hill (qv) which lead up to the Manx Museum (NM420, SC30). MARKET HOUSE Market House (Duke Street) MS.24.07.1835. MARKET INN Market Inn CS1871. • In Chapel Lane since 1852. Demolished in the clearances of 1934-35 (NM420). MARKET PLACE, the the market Place 1775DM 1775(70), the Market Place 1784D01785(22), the Market Place 1801D01808(16), Market Place MAdv.04.04.1812, Douglas Marketplace Gaz. 11.08.1819, the market place CS1841, the Market place CS1851, Market Place CS1861, 1871, Market Place or Square CS1881, Market Place CS1891, Market Place (obsol.). Formerly a portion of ground [between the British Hotel and the Douglas Hotel], on which Market Day was held. Now built on. Name no longer applies ONB1965. See also Douglas Cross & Market Cross. • Used as an open market for as long as Douglas has been a town. It was built on over 100 years ago when two covered markets were built in 1900. One has remained a market, the other is now in private hands (SS99-100). MARKET SQUARE; see under Market Place.

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MARKET STREET Market Street CS 1871, 1881, Market Street. A narrow street ext. fr. 1355 to 1783 SC3875 ONB1956, Market Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. See also Cattle Market Street. • Now runs from Nelson Street through to Church Road Marina. It was originally called Cattle Market Street from the cattle market which once stood on the site now occupied by Radcliffe's paper works. Present-day Market Street not only includes the former Cattle Market Street, but also at its northern end the western side of Wellington Square. It cut through Frederick Street, Senna Road and St. Thomas's Walk, leaving very short remnants of these streets between it and Castle Street / Marina Road (SS100). MASONIC HOTEL Masonic Hotel (North Quay) CS1891. Next to the Manchester and Liverpool Arms. • Formerly known as the Masonic Arms it stood on the comer of North Quay and the Parade, on the site of the taxi rank by the former bus station. It closed down in 1863, but reopened ca. 1880 as the Masonic Hotel. It was demolished, along with other hotels in the row, in 1934 to make way for the bus station (NM140, SC53). MCNAUGHTON: McNaughtons [Concerns] 1806DM 1808(15). • Scottish surname, G. mac Neachdain 'son of Nechtan (a Pictish name)' (cf. Black 1962: 547-48, MacLysaght 1978: 231). North-western portion of the Great Garden, with the houses fronting on to the west end of King Street. Now covered by Ridgeway Street in front of the Town Hall (SD18/08 part). - MCNAUGHTON'S LANE McNaughton's Lane 1807DO1807(17). • Probably adoining King Street. See foregoing. MCNEILS COURT Mcneils Court CS1871, McNiels Court CS1881, 1891. St. George's Street. • Irish & Scottish surname, G. mac Neill. There are two clans of this name, one in Barra, the other in Gigha (cf. Black 1962: 550) According to MacLysaght (1978: 234), the MacNeills were a gallowglass family from the Hebrides and have resided in Antrim and Derry since the 14th-century. The Court was a cul-de-sac off the south-west side of St. George's Street and contained three short terraces: George's Terrace, McNeill's Court and St.

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George's Terrace, of which only the latter remains. A George McNeill owned three houses in McNeill's Court (?in 1842) (SS101). MELBOURNE

S T R E E T Melbourne Street CS1881, 1891, Melbourne

Street. Ext. fr. 9750 SC3776 to 0136 SC3876 ONB1956, Melbourne Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Laid out on the Woodbourne Estate in the 1870s, it was named in association with the other 'Australian' streets in the area from the town of Melbourne in the state of Victoria, itself founded in 1835 under the aboriginal name of Dootigala, but named from British Prime Minister William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne (SS101). MERTON BANK Merton Bank CS1891. Off Bucks Road, leading to Allan Street. • Laid out post 1890 as a cul-de-sac built on the site of a roller skating rink. It was cut through into Allan Street in 1904. Not certain from whom or what the street was named (SS101-02). METHODIST CHAPEL, the the Methodist Chapel 1805DO 1806(15). • Probably referring to that in Preaching House Lane, now Wellington Street. Resited in Thomas Street in 1810 and later renamed Victoria Street Weslyan Methodist Chapel. It was demolished in 1977 (SS35-36). - METHODIST

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(Thomas Street) 1815DM1816(20). METHODIST LANE Methodist Lane MAdv. 13.03.1813. See next. METHODIST MEETING HOUSE LANE Methodist Meeting-House Lane (nr. King Street) MAdv.05.07.1806, Methodist Meeting House Lane 1806 DM1809(36). • Now Wellington Street (qv). MILE END TERRACE Mile-End Terrace MS.22.09.1849. Woodbourne Road. • Originally intended to be the name of / for Woodside Terrace from the nearby milestone indicating one mile from Douglas. This was removed during the development of Woodbourne Road (SS102). MILESTONE, the; see under Hills Meadow. MILL GARDEN, the the Mill Garden (by Summer Hill) 1822DO1822(42).

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MILLER'S GARDEN, the (QL-Ballakermeen) the Milners Garden (adj. "Robt. Oats his Close" [W]) OD2(53)1715, the Miller's Garden 1727DM 1730(68). • Part of the Nunnery Rent at Ballakermeen (SDBK/05 part). William Cowle was miller of the Nunnery Mill and was permitted to enclose the corner of Robert Oates Close by the Nunnery proprietors as a garden (NGC2003). MILTON TERRACE Milton Terrace SS102. Brunswick Road. • A small terrace of houses built ca. 1885 and almost certainly named after the English poet John Milton (1608-1674) (SS102). MOAR: Joan Moar's house (adj. "the maltman's house" NE, Str. NW, Sea shore SE) 17971X51797(36). • 'big John' Mx. Juan Mooar, or John the Moar (steward), or John Moore. MOLLY KAIGHANS STREET Molly Kaighans Street 1786DM1791(69), Molly Kaighins Street 1794DM1795(111). • Unlocated. MONA, The; see under Crescent Hotel. MONA CLIFFE (Est: Castle Mona) Mona Cliffe CS1871, Mona Cliff CS 1881.

• Name derived from a Latin name for the Isle of Man. A large house built ca. 1850 on the site of the former Lough Mill just beyond the Castle Mona. It was demolished in the 1890s to make way for the first houses in Palace Terrace. The field on the brooghs above Palace Terrace (on which part of Cunningham's Holiday Camp was to be built) was known as Simpson's Field, from Richard Simpson, a former occupant of Mona Cliffe (SS102). MONA COTTAGE Mona Cottage (nr. Castle Mona) MAdv.27.04.1820, Mona Cottage and Garden 1830D01830(29), Mona Cottage (adj. Rd -> Glencrutchery [Summer Hill Road] N, the Crescent Hotel E, Rd: DG-RY S, Rd from Douglas W) 1830D01831(7), Mona Cottage ("on the margin of Douglas Bay leading to Strathallan Crescent") MS.26.08.1836, Mona Cottage CS1891, Mona Cottage (obsol.), sit. 9411 SC3877 ONB1956. • Formerly stood on the corner of Switzerland Road and Queen's Promenade. Afterwards demolished and replaced by shops (SS150). MONA CRESCENT Mona Crescent MAdv. 10.03.1825.

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• An early name for Strathallan Crescent. It was later known as East Mona Crescent to distinguish it from the houses built on the Douglas side of Burnt Mill Hill. It was formally renamed Strathallan Crescent in 1829 (SS102). MONA DRIVE Mona Drive CS1891, Mona Drive. PubRd. ONB1965. • The centre of the three Drives. The upper section was earlier known as Castle Mona Glen (qv) (SS102-03). MONA STREET Mona Street MS.03.01.1849, Mona Street CS1861-91, Mona Street. Ext. fr. 9178 SC3775 to 0477 SC3875 ONB1957, Mona Street. PubRd. 1965. • Laid out from 1854 across Christian's Gardens on the Finch Hill Estate, along with Albert Street and Christian Road (SS103). MONA TERRACE (Finch Road) Mona Terrace MAdv. 15.05.1832, Mona Terrace 1837DM 1838(30), Mona Terrace (adj. "Finch's road" E) 1840DO 1840(18), Mona Terrace 1843DM1843(19), Mona Terrace CS1841-91, Mona Terrace. A row of houses ONB1965. • Part of the Joyner Estate. A prominent row of town houses laid out in Finch Road in 1832 by Calcott Heywood whose family had formerly owned the Nunnery. His mother Margaret was the last of the Joyner family to own land in Douglas. The first two houses built were called Heywood Terrace (qv), but the name was short-lived (SS103). MONTPELIER TERRACE Montpelier Terrace SS103. Brunswick Road. • Laid out in 1885. Probably named after the French university city (cf. SS103). MOORE: Dorothy Moores house OD2(20)1702. • Mx. surname, G. Ο Mordha, anglicised as More / Moore and thus indistinguishable from the English surname Moore of various origins. The house stood on the south side of Hanover Street (SD14/12). Dorothy Moore was seemingly one of the Moores of Pulrose (NGC2003). MOORE: Edw. Moores Garden 1786D01786(99). • There are several gardens which this could refer to, depending on the date. But all belonging to members of the same family. 1. Edward Moore's garden c. 1705 was on the east side of Duke Street south of the Fort Street junction (SD09/17).

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2. Later his grandson the Rev. Mr. Edward Moore's house & garden "near the Strand" was on the east side of Duke Street north of the Fort Street junction. See AW 1759 (NGC2003). MOORE: Mr. Edwd Moore's House, Houses or Rent 1773DM1782(56). • South side of Lord Street (SD04/01). MOORE: Henry Moore's Intack ("on the Strand of the sand-side of Douglas") 1780D01788(61). MOORE: Henry Moors house OD2(45)1715., Mr. Hen. Moores Houses or Rent 1781DM1782(58). • South side of Lord Street (SD11/20). Edward Moore was Henry's father (NGC2003). MOORE: Henry Moores Brewery MMerc.31.03.1794, the Brewery of Henry Moore (nr. Paul Kelly's Square) 1794DM 1795(124). • On Ballakermeen Parr's Land. North side of Wellington Street, now under Marks & Spencer (NGC2003). MOORE: Hugh Moors Shopp OD2(5) 1690-91, Hugh Moores houses OD2 (9)1705, • Sited at the corner of New Bond Street and Chapel Lane opposite St. Matthew's Church (SD08/03). MOORE: James Moore's houses and Garden (adj. Richd. Killey's house & John Clague's Garden" W) OD2(63)1719. • South east corner of Shaw's Brow car-park (SD16/11). MOORE: Mr. James Moore['s] Factory (by Wellington Buildings) 1818DM 1819(31). • Occupying the block on the west side of Duke Street between Victoria Street and Wellington Street (SD21/01 & 21/10). MOORE: John Moore's Garden (by Preaching House Lane) 1809DM1809 (34). • Acquired with Parrs rent by the Moores of the Hills and owned by them until the 19th-century. Site of the present-day new health club and Tapas Bar on the south side of Wellington Street (NGC2003). MOORE: John Moors house OD2(4)1698. • North Quay (SD04/01).

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MOORE: Peter Moore's Houses 1785DO 1786(89), Peter Moore's [Concerns]) 1797D01798(12). Unlocated. MOORE: Philip Moore's Garden 1728DO 1728(11), Mr. Philip Moore's Garden (nr. the Sandside) 1762DM1763(72). • Same as Ales Banks garden (qv), on the west side of Duke Street between King Street and Victoria Street (SD20/03). MOORE: Philip Moore's Garden; see under Tear. MOORE: Philip Moores House (adj. the Back Street W, "the leading Street" [Strand Street] E) 1805DO 1805(6). MOORE: phillip Moores [rent] (adj. "the bame" [S]) OD1(1)1708, Phillip Moors shop (adj. "Corrings [Corrin's] Sellar" [N]) ODl(8)1711, Phillip Moors Garden (adj. "John Kelly's house" [S]) 1732DM 1732(60). • This can refer to three premises: 1. Premises adjoining the barneast side of Duke Street (no's 18 & 20) (SD09/14). 2. Shop: junction of Market Hill and King Street (SD11/05). 3. Garden adj. John Kelly's House in Duke Street between King Street and Victoria Street (SD20/03). MOORE: the Reverend Philip Moors or Parson Moore's Garden (adj. La. to William Barton Tennison Esq's Concerns W, NW) 1792DM 1792(42), Parson Moore or the Revd. Philip Moores Garden 1800DM1802(5, 7). • King Street / Victoria Street. Site of Queen Victoria House (south side of Victoria Street) (SD20/02). The Rev. Philip Moore (1705-1783) was Chaplain of St. Matthew's Church and editor of the Manx Bible (Moore 1901: 2526). MOORE: Richd. Moores Shop 1762DO1766(127). Unlocated. MOORE: Robert Moore's Barn 1760DM1761(51). See also under the Old Barn. • Part of Kelly's Croft (qv) (SD11/13 part). Became the core of the Lake Brewery / Clinch's Brewery property (NGC2003). MOORE: Mr. Robert Moores Concerns (adj. PubStr. W, N)1803DO1804(7). Location uncertain. MOORE: Thomas Moore's Flatt (adj. "the little Garden" [S]) 1725DM1726 (25).

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MOORE COURT (Market Place) Moore Court (nr. the Market Place) 1826 D01831(15), Moore Court CS1841. See also Cumberland Court & Quirk Court. • Later Cumberland Court, as it contained the Cumberland Tavern (qv) (SS44). John Moore was evidently the owner of the Cumberland Tavern in 1842 (SS103). North side of James Street (SD11/13). Long the home of the Moore family, later of the Hills. See also Clague's Hotel and the Cumberland Tavern which occupied the main house (NGC2003). MOORE PLACE (Fort Street) Moore's Place MAdv.03.06.1815, Moore Place MAdv. 29.02.1816, Moore Place (by Fort Street) 1822DO 1822(40, 43), Moore's Place (nr. the Seneschal's Office) MAdv.01.10.1833, Moore's Place CS 1841. • The early name of St. Barnabas Square prior to the building of St. Barnabas Church in 1832 (SS103). Named after the family of Sir George Moore who bought two houses on the west side of Moore Place from his son-in-law Charles Killey of Douglas (SD09/02). MOORE STREET (5/6 Parr) Moore's Street LA 1783, Moore's Street, Moore Street LA 1797, Moore's Street LA 1870; (19 Parr, Ns.) Moore's Street LA 1783, Moore Street LA 1797. • The original name of Great Nelson Street (between Prospect Hill and Drumgold Street). It was laid out by the Moores on Thalloo Taggart or Parr's Rent (NGC2003). MOORES OF THE HILLS, the (Est: the Hills) Phillip Moore of the Hills 1788DM1789(79), the Moores of the Hills 1810DM1810(36) et passim. • See under the Hills. MOORES YARD Moores Yard CS1861. Unlocated. MORRISON TERRACE Morrison Terrace CS 1891. Finch Road. • An anglicsed version of G. mac gille Mhoire. Morrison Terrace is the third short terrace on the lower side of Finch Road down from Well Road Hill after Edward Terrace and Callow Place (qv). Demolished in 1967 to make way for the Chester Street car-park. John Morrison was the owner of all four houses in 1842 (SS103). MOUNT, the the Mount ("in Reeders Garden") EF1732.

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H A V E L O C K Mount Havelock CS1861, Mount Havelock CS

1871, Mount Havelock CS 1891, Mount Havelock. PubRd. ext. fr. 0468 to 0582 SC3875 ONB1956, Mount Havelock. PubRd. ONB1965. • Laid out as part of the Christian Gardens development of the 1850s. All the houses had a garden on the opposite side of the road, which have since been turned into car parks. The three adjoining terraces that make up Mount Havelock were known collectively as Prospect Road. The first four houses were named Stanley Mount, the central block (nos. 511; now Murray House) became Mount Havelock, and the block adjoining Christian Road was Bay View. Stanley Mount came to be used for the house around the corner that faced the old St. Mary's School. Bay View became obsolete and the whole became known as Mount Havelock. Probably named from Sir Henry Havelock, a commander of British forces at the time of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, the year the plots were sold off (SS104). M O U N T P L E A S A N T (Finch Road) Mount Pleasant 1838DM1838(33), Mount Pleasant CS1841-91, Mount Pleasant. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Built next to the Church of Scotland's St. Andrew's Church and contains two small terraces (SS104), now used as office accommodation. The name is not uncommon to describe roads or alleyways felt to be quiet and secluded.

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MOUNT VERNON (Peel Road) Mount Vernon MS.26.10.1830, Mount Vernon CS 1891, Mount Vernon (obsol.)· Formerly a private residence sit. at 9874 SC3676, now demolished ONB1956. • Built about 1825 it faced up what is now Pulrose Road (SS104). Probably named from the residence of George Washington, the first President of the United States of America. MOUNT WILLIAM Mount William CS1881. Summer Hill. • A small terrace of houses on Summer Hill just above the entrance to Summer Hill Glen. Probably named from William Kelly who laid out the terrace in 1863 (SS104). MOUNTAIN VIEW Mountain View. PubRd. ONB1965. Off Glencrutchery Road. • A small close of houses adjacent to Douglas Borough Cemetery and built on a former market garden of that name, which seems to derive from two earlier houses on the site (SS104). MRS. SIMPSON'S JETTY Mrs. Simpson's Jetty OT 1950s. • Nickname for the King Edward VIII Pier shortly after its construction in 1936. Mrs. Wallace Simpson became King Edward VIII's wife after the latter's abdication in December 1936. MUCKELWRATH: John Mcylwrath 1728DM 1729(56), John Mcylwrath BNPRbu. 14.06.1741, Muckelwraths Houses 1770DO 1772(65), Muckelwraths Concern 1773DM1774(57), Mucklethwraths Concerns (nr. Richmonds Corner and Douglas Chapel) 1775DM 1775(70), Mucklewrath's (nr. Duke Street) 1805DM 1805(25). • Irish / Scottish surname, G. mac gille Riabhaich 'son of the brindled lad' (cf. Black 1962: 514), anglicised as (Mac) Kilrea or Macllrea. Common in Galloway and throughout the Highlands. The Scottish form Macllwraith is very numerous in north-east Ulster (MacLysaght 1978: 182). It does not contain Scots muckle 'big', Eng. much. - MÜCKLES, the the Mückles 1802D01803(22), the Mückles Concerns 1810DM1811(33). - MUCKLE'S GATE, the [mukalzgeit] EM1991 the Muckels Gate 1785D01787(64), the Muckle's Gate 1793D01795(40), the Muckels gate 1797DM 1798(22), Muckle's Gate MAdv. 11.09.1802, the Muckle Gate 1803

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D01803(25), Mückles Gate 1821 DM1824(33), Mückles Gate 1827DM1828 (14), Mückles Gate, Mucklesgate CS1841, Mückles Gate CS1851, Mucklesgate LA 1870. Mucklesgate CS1871, 1881, Muckle's Gate CS1891, Muckle's Gate. PubRd. ONB1965. • 'Mucklewrath's road'. Irish / Scottish surname w. ON lw gata 'road'. This interpretation is guaranteed by the alternative' lane' (see next). In 1728 a John Mcylwrath bought some houses and a garden from a Thomas Kelly in an area stretching from Lord Street to Fort Street. Muckle's Gate runs from Lord Street behind the Co-op and joins up with Cambrian Place which runs to Fort Street (SD09/09, SS106). See also next. - MUCKLE'S LANE, the the Mückles Lane 1794DM1794(86), the Muckle's Gate or Lane 1807DM 1807(33), the Muckle's Lane 1808DM 1809(16), the Mückles Gate or Lane 1810DM1810(28). • See foregoing. MULLAN: John Mullan's (28 Nunnery, Ss. Big Well Street "at the upper end of the Town") LA1783, Jno. Mullan's LA1797. • Irish surname, G. OMaoldin (cf. MacLysaght 1978: 226). MURDER LANE Murder Lane [m0:da lein] ("lane adjoining Tynwald Street. A Mrs. Quayle was murdered there, case unsolved") VMC1990. Finch Hill Grove. • The victim was evidently a certain Frances Alice Quayle, bludgeoned to death in her garden in a narrow lane (Finch Hill Grove) joining Tynwald Street and Clarke Street and behind Fairfield Terrace on Saturday evening 25 April 1914. The case remains unsolved. For further details see Wilkinson (2003: 30-38). MURRAY: Mr. William Murreys Thatched houses (adj. Street leading from "Douglas Chappel" S, Street leading from "Douglas Cross or market Place to Richmonds Corner" W, Street leading from "Richmonds Corner to Mucklewraths Concerns" N, Lane leading from "Mucklewraths Concerns to Douglas Chappel" E) 1775DM1775(70), William Murray's Thatched Houses and yard or Garden (adj. the Square adj. Duke Street 1805DM1805 (25). • Scottish surname of Early Celtic origin, viz. *mori-treb 'sea-settlement', G. Moireabh < *Moirtlireabh (cf. Nicolaisen 2001: 217).

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Part of the block known as The Square (qv) on account of its regular shape (SD10/01). MURRAYS ROAD Murrays Road CS1891, Murrays Road. Ext. fr. 8066 SC3776 to 1946 SC3876 ONB1956, Murrays Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Probably named from Lt. Col. Richard Murray, a grandson to John fourth Duke of Atholl, who had purchased the large tract of land known as 'The Isle' (qv) from the Duke's estate in 1830 (SS107). MURREY: John Murreys Cow house OD2(27)1707, Mr. John Murrey's Salt Cellar (adj. "Antonies Cellar" [S]) OD1(6)1710, Mr. Murrey Sr. Shop (adj. "Anthonies Cellar" [N]) OD1(6)1710. MURREY: Old David Murrey's houses and Gardens OD1(27)1709, Old David Murreys Shop (adj. "the Hyde Sellar") ODl(71)1719, old Mr David Murreys Garden EF1732. • North side of James Street. See also under the Hyde Cellar. MYLCHREEST: Widdow My[l]chreest's House ("in Strand Street") 1811 D01836(28). • Mx. surname, G. mac gille Chriosl. MYLREAS COURT Mylreas Court CS 1841. • Mx. surname, G. mac gille ruaidh. MYRTLE STREET Myrtle Street CS1861-91, Myrtle Street. Ext. fr. 9052 to 9862 SC3775 ONB1957. Bucks Road. • Laid out in 1851. Runs between Bucks Road and Upper Church Street. Possibly named after the street of that name in Liverpool (SS107). - BACK MYRTLE STREET Back Myrtle Street CS 1891. - MYRTLE STREET LANE Myrtle St. Lane CS1871. Ν NEAL: William Neals house (adj. "Philip Leases Garden [N]) 1762DM1764 (61). • Mx. surname Kneale [kne:T], later kn- ->kr (Creale, but the old spelling also survived now pronounced [ni:l], G. mac Neill.

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NELSON STREET Nelson Street 1818D01819(27), Nelson Street CS1891, Nelson Street. Ext. fr. 0946 to 1355 SC3875 ONB1956. See also Great Nelson Street & Lord Nelson Street. • Today Nelson Street runs from Church Street across Prospect Hill and down behind Marks and Spencer's to join Market Street. However, formerly the upper part was known as Great George's Street (qv) and the lower part Great Nelson Street (qv). Probably named from the English Admiral of the Napoleonic Wars Horatio Nelson (d. 1805) (SS108). N E W B O N D STREET New Bond Street 1827DO 1827(29), New Bond Street 1833DM 1834(38), New Bond Street 1838D01839(33), New Bond Street MS.21.05.1841, New Bond Street LA1870, New Bond Street CS 1841-81, New Bond Street (obsol.). Formerly a public road, now demolished. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • One of the oldest streets in Douglas, it ran from the Market Place through to Bond Street and Parade Street and was probably named from the bonded warehouses at its western end by the Market Place. Demolished in 1934 to make way for a car park and later the Bus Station and Air Terminal, now a car park again. Part of this street can still be traced behind the Clarendon Hotel on the North Quay (SS108, NGC2003). NEW BRICK HOUSE, the the New Brick House 1760DM1760(59). Unlocated. NEW BRIDGE, the the new Bridge 1765DM1782(67), the New Bridge ("on the Northside of Douglas River") 1791DM 1792(58), the New Bridge 1804 D01804(8). • i.e. the Douglas Bridge or Stone Bridge. NEW CHAPEL, the the New Chapell 1780D01784(32). • Probably a reference to St. George's Chapel, the building of which was completed on 24 November 1780. NEW FACTORY LANE New Factory Lane (adj. Drumgold Street) MAdv. 20.01.1820. • See under Factory Lane. NEW FORT, the the New Fort ("at the entrance of the harbour") MAdv. 17. 08.1811.

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NEW PIER Douglas new pier 1789DM1791(75), New Pier (obsol.). The pier has been extended and is now called Victoria Pier ONB1965. • A new pier was built on the Pollock Rocks (qv) in 1872 and extended in 1891 (SS158). See also under Victoria Pier. NEW QUAY, the the New Quay 1787DM1789(80), the New Quay MAdv. 19.05.1810. • That part of the North Quay west of current Ridgeway Street and joining up with the new stone bridge (1778). The improvements to North Quay took place around 1780 (SS108). NEW RAMSEY ROAD, the the New Ramsey Road 1825D01826(23). See also the Ramsey Road & Bucks Road. • Now Bucks Road. NEW STRAND INN New Strand Inn (Strand Street) CS1891. • This establishment started life as The Labour in Vain, and in 1857 changed its name to the New Strand Inn, Later it combined with the Legs of Man next door to become Casey's Coffee Bar. Still trading (NM415, SC64). NEW STREET New Street ("from Finch Road to St. George's church") MS.03.04.1857. • A temporary name of Hill Street (qv). NEW TERRACE New Terrace CS1891. Unlocated. NEWSHAM TERRACE Newsham Terrace SS108. • The last terrace on the left hand side of Woodbourne Road just before St. Mary's School. Built ca. 1900 (SS108). Named possibly from the district of that name in Liverpool or in Leeds < OE cet tham niwum husum 'at the new houses' (cf. EPNE/I: 270). NEW ALL'S G A R D E N (Est: Castle Mona) Newall's Garden MS. 18.09. 1852. • Scottish (Galloway) surname (cf. Black 1962: 626), unless for Newell (G. 0 Tnuthghail, cf. MacLysaght 1978: 235). NICHOLAS ROW Nicholas Row (Ballaquayle) MAdv. 11.06.1839. • The lower right hand side of what later became Victoria Terrace (qv). Evidently named (ca. 1838) after Nicholas Boscow, a Douglas merchant who developed the area (SS108). Also next.

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- NICHOLAS WALK Nicholas Walk (nr. Stanley Terrace) MAdv.09.10. 1838, Nicholas Walk ("on that part of of the said Estate of Castle Mona near Stanley Terrace [...]") 1843D01843(39). NINE HOLES, the the Nine Holes ("plank of holes with nine holes in it, used for urinating") LC1989. Parade Street. NOBLE'S CORNER Nobles Corner CS 1861. ?Bond Lane. See next. • Anglo-Norman surname, also known in Scotland (cf. Black 1962: 631) and Ireland (cf. MacLysaght 1978: 237). NOBLE'S COURT Nobles Court CS1861-91. See also Coulty Cannell's Inn. • A small courtyard off Bond Lane containing two houses owned by Douglas philanthropist Henry Bloom Noble, approximately on the site of the Lord Street taxi-rank by the former bus station. Demolished 1934-35 (SS108). NOBLE'S HOSPITAL Noble's Hospital SS123. Westmoreland Road. • Built on the Pump Field of QL-Ballakermeen (qv) and opened in 1911 and named after Henry Bloom Noble (cf. also SS123). See also under the Hospital. NOBLE'S PARK Noble's Park. A public sports and recreation ground ct. 2025 SC3877 ONB1956, Noble's Park. Public park, both ornamental and recreational ONB1965. • The trustees of the estate of Douglas philanthropist Henry Bloom Noble purchased six fields on the upper part of Ballaquayle which were laid out as recreation grounds and presented to the town in 1911 as Noble's Park ( S S I 10). NORRIS: John Norris's house ("in Big Well Street") 1801DM1807(25). • Anglo-Norman surname meaning 'northerner', MedL. norensis (RLT2003). First recorded in Man in 1422 (JJKP195-96). NORTH JOHN STREET North John Street CS1841, 1851, North John Street (by Strand Street) MS.05.11.1853, North John Street CS1861-91, North John Street (obsol.). A public road now incorporated in Ridgeway Street (qv). Name no longer applies ONB1965. Market Street. • Ran from the junction with Prospect Hill a short way to that with John Street and King Street OS 1870. North of John Street.

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NORTH QUAY, the North Quay MAdv.04.01.1816, the North Quay 1819 D01819(33), the North Quay 1830D01830(26), North Quay LA 1870, North Quay CS1841-91, North Quay. Ext. fr. 8224 SC3775 to 3325 SC3875 ONB1957, North Quay. PubRd. ONB1965. • That area of quay from the cantilever bridge to the railway station. In earlier times the North Quay was referred to as the 'Waterside', the 'Sandside' (qv) referring to that part of Douglas facing the bay. The quay then would stretch from the present cantilever bridge to the Market Place, possibly to the end of present Ridgeway Street. The name North Quay seems to have come into use to distinguish it from the South Quay, the development of which was first made possible by a bridge built across the Tongue in 1757. This was replaced in 1778 by a stone bridge on the site of the present stone bridge. The North Quay was then continued up as far as this bridge (SSI 10). NORTH ROAD North Road M/T1834. Now Bucks Road (qv). • A temporary name for Bucks Road. Earlier it was known as the New Ramsey Road (qv) (cf. SSI 10). NORTH STREET North Street 1821DM1822(22), the North Street 1830DO 1830(36), North Street 1833D01833(25), North Street CS1841, 1851. • Formerly linked the foot of Prospect Hill with the east end of John Street. Also known as North John Street (qv) it became absorbed into the upper part of Ridgeway Street when the latter was laid out in 1894 (cf. SSI 10). NORTH VIEW North View CS 1871, 1881, North View or Alexander Drive CS1891, North View (obsol.). House or group of houses ct. 7030 SC3776 ONB1956. Now Alexander Drive (qv). • A terrace on the south side of Alexander Drive between Woodbourne Road and Brunswick Road. It was also a temporary name for the north-facing side of Woodbourne Square (SSI 10). NORWOOD DRIVE Norwood Drive. Ext. fr. 8441 to 9648 SC3777 ONB 1956. Off Ballanard Road. • Laid out in the 1930s on the northern edge of QL-Ballaquayle. Possibly named from the borough of that name in South London (SSI 10). NUNNERY, the. For a brief history of the Nunnery, espcially its various owners after the Dissolution of 1540 see Slack (1996: 110-12). See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 125).

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- NUNNERY C E L L A R , the (Cott. 23) the Nunnery Sellar LA 1703, the Nunnery Sellar LA 1709, the Nunnery Cellar LA 1797, the Nunnery Cellar (adj. Douglas School-House N) I8OODO1802(18). • Sited off New Bond Street and Bond Lane adjoining Noble's Court (SD03/06). - NUNNERY LAKE, the (27 Nunnery, pel.) the Nunnery Lake LA1783, the Nunnery Lake LA 1797, the Nunnery Lake LA 1870. See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 126). • See above under the Lake. - NUNNERY LAKE, the (Int. 146) the Nunnery Lake 1763DM 1764(65), the Nunnery Lake LA 1783, the Nunnery Lake LA 1797, the Nunnery Lake 1809DM1812(25), the Nunnery Lake LA 1870. - NUNNERY MILL, the the Nunnery Mill MAdv. 12.03.1814. See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 126). • On the Douglas River to the east of the Nunnery. NUNNERY VIEW TERRACE Nunnery View Terrace or Grove Cottages CS1871. Peel Road. • The first block of houses on the north side of the road above Hope Street. Occasionally referred to as Nunnery Terrace (SSI 12). NUTFORD PLACE (Castle Mona Avenue) Nutford Place (Castle Mona Lawn) IOMAC. 12.04.1855, Nutsford Place MS.25.08.1855, Nutford Place CS1861-81, Knutsford Place CS1891, Nutford Place, ct. 4767 SC3876 ONB 1957, Nutford Place. A terrace of houses [behind the Castle Mona Hotel] ONB1965. • The far end terrace on the east side of Castle Mona Avenue. Dates from ca. 1850. The entry for 1891 suggests a derivation from the Cheshire town of that name (Knuts- looks like a personal name in the genitive). There is, however, a Nutford ('the ford by the nut-tree') in Dorset (Eckwall 1960: 346). NUTTAL: Nuttal's House (adj. Str. to Sandside) 1783DM1789(85), Nuttal's House Residence or Concerns 1791DM1796(62). • Eng. surname meaning 'nut-tree nook' < OE hnut-halh (Eckwall 1960: 346).

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Ο OAK AVENUE (Pulrose) Oak Avenue. PubRd. ONB1965. • Named in 1938 (SSI 13). OATES (Cott. 5 opp.): Mich. Oates Garden LA 1703, Mich Oates Garden LA 1709, Michael Oats his backhouse and Garden (adj. Phillip Moore) OD1(18)1709, Michael Oates's Garden (by Edward Kelly's Garden and Gilbert Smith's Garden) 1727001727(26). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1580; cf. JJKP196-97), though even in England the name is not common. Originally French from a Frankish source, cf. Bishop Odo of Bayeux at the time of William the Conqueror; -s is the mark of the nominative of masculine nouns in Old French (RLT2003). In 1511 Otes McTaggart held the Mill of Doway (cf. PNIM/V: 97) at Union Mills in Braddan and a cellar in Douglas. Before 1540 he had been succedded in both hidings by Donald Ottes / Otts, who also paid brewing rent in Braddan. It is likely that he also held a farm in the Bishop's Barony adjoining Mullen Doway; this farm became known as Ballaoates (NGC2003, PNIM/V: 57). Michael Oates's Garden (by Philip Moore) lay between King Street and Victoria Street, on the site of Queen Victoria House (SD20/02). Michael Oates's Garden (by Edward Kelly) lay between King Street and Victoria Street on the site of 45/47 Victoria Street (SD21/07). OATES: Captain Oates house EF1718/192, Capt. John Oates his houses (adj. "Walkers houses" [E, S]) 1725D01725(15), Capt. Oateses house (adj. "Margt. Kellys house" [E]) 1756D01757(49). • Capt. Oates (adj. Walkers) was situated on the south side of Drury Lane (SD01/02). OATES: Thomas Oates's house 1726DO 1726(14), Thomas Oates's house 1803DM1806(29). OATES'S LAND; see under Close Robert Oates. ODDFELLOWS ARMS HOTEL, the (North Quay) Odd Fellows Arms CS1841, the Odd fellows Arms Hotel ("on the North Quay") 1844DM1844 (22), Odd-fellows Arms Hotel CS1871, Oddfellows Arms CS1891.

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• Originally in Lord Street in 1838, it is found on the North Quay in 1842 next to the Manchester and Liverpool Arms. Demolished in 1934-35 (SC53). ODDFELLOWS HALL; see under Court House (Athol Street). OLD BARN, the (QL-Ballakermeen) the Old or big Barn (adj. Kelly's Croft) 1758DO1759(49), the old Bam or Broken Walls called Robert Moore's Barn 1760DM 1761(51). • Part of Kelly's Croft (qv). Became the core of the Lake Brewery / Clinch's Brewery property at the western end of North Quay (SD15/02 part). OLD BRIDGE, the the old brygg LPlit.1568, the Old Bridge ("near the Nunnery Mill") MAdv. 12.03.1814, Old Bridge 1821D01822(48). See also under Douglas Bridge. • Crossed the Douglas River near the Nunnery. Traces of the bridge were entombed in road-widening by the Isle of Man Department of Transport in 1999 (NGC2003). OLD BRIG, the; see under the Brig. OLD CATTLE MARKET, the the Old Cattle Market 1830DM1830(18). See also under the Cattle market. - OLD CATTLE MARKET STREET Old Cattle Market Street ("Back street commonly called...") 1826DO1826(12). See also under Cattle Market Street. OLD CHAPEL, the the ould Chappie OD2(27)1707, the Old Chapel LA 1870. • A reference to St. Mary's Chapel which once stood on the west side of Heywood Place adjoining the former seamens bethel (SD14/02). However, this name is also used for the Nunnery Chapel in the Nunnery Lake boundary definition of 1721 (FR2003). OLD FACTORY YARD, the the Old Factory Yard 1831D01833(67). • See also under Factory Yard. OLD FAIR FIELD, the the old fair field MH.23.04.1862. • Once held in Hills Garden (qv). OLD FORT, the the old Fort MMerc.02.04.1793, Old Fort LA 1797, the Old Fort Gaz.22.07.1813, the old Fort MAdv.04.07.1815, the Old Fort on Douglas Sand 1816DM1823(26), the Old Fort ("to where ths sd. Old Fort stood")

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1820DO1822( 14), the Old Fort MS. 12.05.1821, Old Fort MS.20.11.1852. See also under Bulwark and the Fort. • Possibly built around 1539 by Edward third Earl of Derby, it appears on Speed's map of the Isle of Man for 1610 (< M/D1595). A small round edifice sited at the western end of the Pollock Rock (qv) near the present south entrance of the Sea Terminal, it was served by a causeway which continued behind the Fence to the harbour side. The Fort was demolished to make way for harbour improvements in 1818 shortly after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) (cf. Curphey 1967: 51, SDxii, SS59). OLD GARDEN, the the Old Garden (adj. La -> Strand fr. ComStr. W, Paul Gellings Garden E) 1772DM1776(51). See also under the Big Garden. OLD HORSE ROAD Old Horse Road SS90. • An old wrack road running from the sharp bend on Switzerland Road (qv) in a direct line to the foot of Summer Hill. Provided access from Glencrutchery farm to the shore (SS90). OLD HOSPITAL, the the Old Hospital CS1891. See also under the Hospital. OLD HOUSE, the the Old house 1826DO 1826(19), the Old House ("in King Street" adj. King Street and Water Lane Ν, E) 1842D01843931), the Old House (King Street) 1845DO1847(26). OLD INN, the The Old Inn ("a certain house in [...] Douglas which for a great many years past has been called 'The Old Inn'") LS1844, the Old Inn SCD1846. • South side of Lord Street (SD11/20 part). OLD MALT HOUSE, the The Old Malt House (adj. "to that thatched House called Karran's House" W, the White Lion (to Paul Kelly) S) 1788DM1794 (88). • Sited on the west side of The Parade (SD02/02). OLD MARKET INN (Chapel Row) Old Market Inn CS1871-91. • Another name for the Market Inn dating from at least 1846. Later known as the Market Hotel (qv). Demolished in the clearances of 1934-35 (NM420, SC31). OLD or BIG BARN, the; see under the Old Barn. OLD PIER INN (North Quay); see under Pier Inn.

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OLD PIGEON HOUSE, the the Old Pigeon House (Queen Street) MS. 11. 05.1822. See also under the Pigeon House. OLD PLAYHOUSE, the the old playhouse ('The rent called Callisters, rent is where the old playhouse and Mrs Moores house stands") LPlit. 1814. • Same as Assembly House (qv) on the east side of Fort Street, now a carpark (NGC2003). OLD P L O U G H INN, the the Old Plough Inn (Fairy Ground) MS.22.03. 1838. Nothing further is known about this inn. OLD PLOUGH INN LANE Old Plough Inn Lane ("[...] on the continuance of Drury Lane formerly called Old Plough Inn Lane") [1872]DF1872(59). • Evidently a lane formerly leading off the east of Drury Lane behind the York Hotel (NGC2003). OLD POST O F F I C E , the the Old Post Office 1806DM1813(44), the Old Post Office ("in King Street") MS.09.09.1826, the Old Post Office ("at the north end of Fancy Street") MS.30.10.1838. OLD STRAND INN (Strand Street) Old Strand Inn CS1871, Old Strand Inn CS1891. • Situated at 7 0 or 72 Strand Street, it was licensed in 1862 (NM130). In the 1960s it became the Jamaica Inn and after 1970 an amusement arcade (SC64). OLYMPIA Olympia. A district of Douglas Boro[ugh], ct. 3899 SC3876 ONB 1965. Victoria Road. • A sports area built by the Douglas Recreation Ground Limited in 1892 following on the success of sports arenas at Falcon Cliff (opened 1885) and Belle Vue (opened 1889), it was sited on the upper portion of Castle Mona Glen above the bridge that carried Victoria Road across the glen. Many thousands of tons of soil were required to fill in the glen before a level area was created. It was opened amid much ceremony on Whit Monday 1892. However, the returns after the first year were less than expected. Sports were held throughout 1893, but with little improvement in the finances Douglas Recreation Ground Limited went into liquidation at the end of that season and the ground was sold off in April 1894. Thereafter the grounds were used for Wild West shows and other open-air performances over the next few years. The ground was finally purchased by Douglas Corporation in 1926 as building land. Victoria Crescent was laid out

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and built up there shortly afterwards. This first attempt to create a modern stadium predated the reinauguration of the Olympic Games in Greece by four years (1896). The name Olympia has seemingly come about independently of this, but perhaps evolved in association with the adjacent Marathon mansion house (SSI 13-14). - OLYMPIA ROAD Olympia Road SSI 14. • An unmade route across the old Olympia sports ground on the line of the modern Victoria Road linking Marathon Road with Falcon Cliff Terrace. It superseded the older road over the Arches and was formally adopted when the Olympia estate was acquired by the Douglas Corporation in 1926. It subsequently became part of Victoria Road (SS114). ONCHAN ROAD Onchan Road 1838D01842(53). • Now Glencrutchery Road (qv). ORDNANCE PLACE Ordnance Place (Shaw's Brow) MS.08.07.1843, Ordnance Place CS1861, 1871. See also Irish Town, Little Hell & Little Ireland. • Formerly off Shaw's Brow between Thornhill and Barrack Street. Demolished in 1965 to make way for the Shaw's Brow car-park. As with Barrack Street, the name is perhaps to be seen in the context of the military, namely the supply of stores (SSI 14). ORRY LANE Orry Lane SSI 14. • To the rear of Farrant Street and Hilary Road and named in association with Orry Road (qv) (SSI 14). For the name Orry see under Orry Street below. ORRY ROAD Orry Road SS22, 114. • An earlier name (1881) for Hilary Road and Bathurst Street. Bathurst Street (qv) received its name in 1883, Hilary Road (qv) its name in 1907 (SS22, 114). For the name Orry see next. ORRY STREET Orry Street CS 1891, Orry Street. Ext. 7275 SC3775 to 7769 SC3775 ONB1956. • Laid out in 1871 on part of the Hills Estate (SSI 14). The name Orry would seem to represent the King Orry of Manx tradition, in all probability Godred Crovan who ruled in the Isles (Man and the Hebrides) 1079-1095 and whose dynasty lasted till 1265, though it could also refer to the earlier Godred, son of Harald (d. 999), of the Limerick branch of Norse kings of the Isles.

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A Godred is a possible consideration because of the pronunciation of the final -g in king as a stop (as still in parts of the English Midlands), i.e. kir/ggorry. As a result the g- of Gorree was not distinguished from the -g of king, and as the final stop disappeared the initial g- of Gorree went with it and created the fictitious name Orry in an English environment. Note that Manx retains Ree Gorree 'King Gorree' as the original, which bears marks of gaelicisation of the Norse personal name Gudr0dr in Man or in Ireland, cf. Keating's Gothfraidh. OSBORNE GROVE Osborne Grove CS1881, 1891. • Laid out in 1879 by Philip Christian across a neck of Finch Hill that penetrated the Joyner Estate. Windsor Park and the House of Industry (Elian Vannin Home) were built on the latter. Probably named after Queen Victoria's residence (Osborne House) in the Isle of Wight (SSI 14), as next. OSBORNE TERRACE Osborne Terrace (Windsor Park) MS.19.07.1851, Osborne Terrace CS1861-91. • Part of Windsor Park, it was laid out by John Crellin of Ramsey in 1851. OXFORD STREET (off Derby Road) Oxford Street CS 1871-91, Oxford Street. Ext. fr. 8631 to 8920 SC3776 ONB1957. • Part of Harrison's Woodbourne Estate. The plots were sold off in 1860 and the street completed 20 years later. Probably named from the university city in England (SSI 14). Ρ PALACE, the; see under the Pallace below. PALACE ROAD Palace Road. Ext. fr. 4772 SC3876 to 6417 SC3877 ONB 1956, Palace Road. PubRd. ONB 1965. Between Mona Drive and Victoria Road. • This road was laid out in 1899 on the line of the earlier Lagg Crea Road (qv) which had been used to link the lower with the upper part of the Lough Estate, the predecessor of the Castle Mona. It was completed in 1903. The name derives from the the first Palace Ballroom built in 1889 in the grounds to the rear of Castle Mona. This was shortly followed by the amalgamation of the four major entertainment complexes in Douglas, i.e. the

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Palace, Derby Castle, the Marina (later the Gaiety), and the Falcon Cliff, brought together under the Palace and Derby Castle Company. This organisation sold out to Douglas Corporation in the 1960s (cf. SSI 15). PALACE TERRACE Palace Terrace. A row of terraced houses on Queen's Promenade ONB1965. • Built in 1891 and sited between Palace View Terrace and Switzerland Road. Almost certainly named from their proximity to the Palace Ballroom, built in 1889 (see foregoing) (SSI 15). PALATINE ROAD Palatine Road. Ext. fr. 8865 SC3776 to 0184 SC3876 ONB1956. • Laid out from the 1870s it cuts in two the Murray Estate which at that time was being sold off by the family beneficiaries of Col. Richard Murray, a grandson to the Duke of Atholl (see under Murrays Road above). The name may derive from the northern English palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester (cf. also SSI 15). PALLACE, the the pallace ("hälfe one house called the pallace") EW1608. • Named in the inventory of William Bankes of Douglas. Location unknown (NGC2003). PARADE, the (Int. 8, 10) the Parade 1810D01810(15), the Parade I8IODO 1810(29), the Parade 1820D01821(11), the Parade MS. 12.12.1826, the Parade 1827DO1829(22), the Parade ("near the Pier and Baths") MS.20.03. 1840, the Parade LA1870, (the) Parade CS1841-71. Later Parade Street. • A society promenade which overlooked 'The Fence'(qv), a bulwark against easterly storms between the Parade and the shore (later Circus Beach (qv)) before the former was built up on its seaward side to form Parade Street (qv) (cf. SSI 15-16). - PARADE COURT Parade Court CS1841. - PARADE STREET Parade Street MAdv.04.05.1820, Parade Street 1827 DO 1829(22), Parade Street MAdv.09.04.1833, Parade Street 1837D01843 (32), Parade Street CS1841-91, Parade Street. Ext. fr. 3235 to 4433 SC3875 ONB1956, Parade Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Formerly called the Parade when the latter was built up only on its landward side (SSI 15). PARAMOUNT CITY; see under Crescent Hotel.

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PARK AVENUE (Willaston) Park Avenue. Ext. fr. 8834 SC3777 to 0633 SC3877 ONB1956, Park Avenue. PubRd. ONB1965. • Off Glencrutchery Road & Ballanard Road. PARK ROAD Park Road. Ext. fr. 9048 to 9335 SC3776 ONB 1956. • Laid out across the Woodbourne Estate in 1892. Runs between Bathurst Street and Derby Road (SSI 16). PARK VIEW Park View. A terrace of houses, separately numbered ONB 1965. Old Castletown Road. • Built on part of the Nunnery Estate ca. 1861 between the two gates of the Nunnery it replaced St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church on the site after the latter had been removed to Athol Street as the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier, then to Hill Street / Bucks Road as St. Mary's Church. The name in all likelihood derives from the view across the Nunnery park and grounds (SSI 16, FR2003). PARKFIELD (Est: Villa Marina) Parkfield MS.03.04.1857. • Parkfield, as it now is, adjoins Park Avenue. The above reference is either incorrect or refers to a second Parkfield. PARR: Parr's Brew House (adj. Str. Ν) 1753D01753(32). • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1496; JJKP200). Sited on the south side of Water Lane (SD19/02). PARR (Cott. 89): Parrs Garden 1740DM 1743(44). Adj. Hills Estate. • Site of the present-day Health Club and Tapas Bar in Wellington Street (SD21/11). PARR: Parrs House 1784D01785(22). • South side of Lord Street (SD11/18). PARR STREET Parr Street CS 1891. • Laid out off Allan Street on the Hills Estate in 1871. It is the only memorial in Douglas to the powerful Parr family of the 17th/18th centuries in Man who provided the Island with Deemsters, Members of the House of Keys, clergymen and a Bishop. They preceded the Moores as owners of the Hill Estate (qv) and sold out to them in 1737 (SSI 17). PARR'S LAND: an earlier name for (part of) the Hills Estate (qv). See also foregoing.

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• This formed the most easterly part of the Hills Estate (NGC2003). See also under the Hills above. PEEL ROAD (Hills) Peel Road (leading from Big Well Street) 1797D01798 (10), Peel Road MS.20.04.1824, Peel road 1826DO 1826(25), the Peel Road 1810001812(38), Peel Road CS1851-91, Peel Road. Ext. fr. 5449 to 8032 in SC3775 ONB1957. • Runs as an extension of Lord Street from the steam railway station on Bank Hill out to Kirk Braddan (and towards Peel) via Quarter Bridge. - PEEL LANE (Hills) Peel-lane (adj. Peel Road) 1826DOi826(25). PEETORS LOFT Peetors Loft ("[...] the house joining to Clarks House with Chemor a Queene and Peetors Loft [...]") AW1684 - Inventory of Robert Coultry. • For Peter's Loft. Refers to a Peter Quirk. In Water Lane (SD19/01). See also under Chemor a Queene above. PEVERIL BUILDINGS Peveril Buildings CS1891. • Embracing the Peveril Hotel (qv) built on Peveril Square (qv). For the name see next. PEVERIL HOTEL Peveril Hotel CS1881. • Erected after the completion of the Victoria Pier in 1872. Demolished in the 1980s and replaced after a short while by the present Peveril Buildings, an office block (SSI 18). Probably named from a fictional character in Sir Walter Scott's Peveril of the Peak (Edinburgh 1831; first edition). Though some of the action takes place in Man, much of it is centred on Peveril Castle above Castleton in the High Peak, Derbyshire. The name is Anglo-Norman and the small castle was built by a William Peveril (peuret) in the 12th century seemingly to supervise mining interests in the area (cf. also EPNS XXVII: 56). PEVERIL ROAD (Willaston) Peveril Road. Ext. fr. 8658 SC3777 to 0168 SC3877 ONB1956. Off Baldwin Road. • As with other roads on this estate it was laid out in the 1930s (cf. SSI 17). PEVERIL SQUARE Peveril Square. An area of road between the [former] Peveril Hotel and the Sea Terminal Building ONB1965. • Laid out in the 1870s after completion of the Victoria Pier in 1872 (cf. SSI 18).

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PEVERIL STREET Peveril Street CS 1881, 1891, Peveril Street. Ext. 7679 to 8172 SC3775 ONB1956. Off Tynwald Street. • Laid out on the upper Hills Estate in 1871 (SSI 18). - PEVERIL STREET LANE Peveril Street Lane CS 1891. - PEVERIL TERRACE Peveril Terrace CS1891. PHILIP QUIRK'S ARCHWAY; see under the drchway. PIER, the the Pier CS 1841. See under the Red Pier. • The first pier Douglas had was erected in 1737 as a result of an Act of Tynwald 1734 (the Harbours Act (ST203-06)). This was the origin of the Double Corner (qv) and former the base of the later Red Pier (qv) (SDxii). PIER INN (North Quay / Red Pier) Pier Inn CS1861, 1871, Old Pier Inn CS1881. • Stood next to the Imperial Hotel on the landward end of the Red Pier. First appears in guide books in 1857 and was still there in 1883 (NM141, SC62). PIG & WHISTLE INN Pig & Whistle Inn CS1871. Strand Street. • Former name of The Globe in Strand Street and originally the left hand section of what is now Casey's Coffee Bar up until the 1880s (NM137, SC6364). PIGEON HOUSE, the the Pigeon House (Queen Street) 1830D01831(8). See also under the Old Pigeon House. PLATFORM, the a platforme ('The rent of a house in Duglas made in a platforme") 1602 MM.MS.244C/110, the platform LV1632. • Probably the same as The Mount (qv) in Reeders Garden (SD01.02), later the site of Long Cellar III to the rear of The Parade / North Quay. For its use as a gun emplacement, see Curphey 1967. PLAYFIELDS ROAD; see under St. Ninian's Road. PLEASINGTON VILLA Pleasington Villa NGC2003. • North side of Peel Road close to Circular Road. Formerly Jolly's House (qv). Now demolished (NGC2003). PLOUGH INN (James Street) Plough Inn ("near the Market Place") MS. 15. 01.1853, Plough Inn CS1861, 1881. See also under the Old Plough Inn. • Found at various places, depending on whose Directory is used. At No. 1 James Street. Moved from Bond Street in 1838. Continued until at least 1889 (NM1410. No longer trading (SC41).

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POLICE STATION HILL Police Station Hill SSI 19. • That section of Church Street that rises steeply up to Athol Street by the Court House. It takes its name from the police station situated to the rear of the Court House, from ca. 1860 to 1979 when it was removed to new premises on Glencrutchery Road (SSI 19). POLLOCK CASTLE; see under Derby Castle. POLLOCK ROCK Pollock Rock M/F1789, Pollock Rocks ONB1957, Pollock Rocks. Old name applied to a rock outcrop (under the head of the Victoria Pier), ct. 6237 SC3875 ONB1965. • The rock stretches from the Loch Promenade across to Circus Beach and outwards towards Conister. The base of the Victoria Pier is built on it. Part of it can still be seen on the northern side of the Victoria Pier. Seemingly named after the small rock fish to be found in the pools among the rocks (cf. SSI 19). POOLEYS GARDEN Pooleys Garden (to Henry Pooley, adj. the Shell Cottage [W], by Summerhill Road) 1830DM1835(56). • ?Anglo-Irish surname. POOR HOUSE, the the Poor House ("near Wellington Square") MAdv.28. 11.1816, the Poore house 1813DM1838(21) POPLAR ROAD Poplar Road ONB1965. Off Victoria Road. POPLAR TERRACE Poplar Terrace. Ext. fr. 5218 to 5912 SC3877 ONB 1956. Dukes Road. PORT-E-CHEE AVENUE Port-e-Chee Avenue. Ext. fr. 8527 SC3777 to 5590 SC3776 ONB 1956. For a discussion of this name see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 412). • For this name see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 412). Built on that part of QL-Ballaquayle west of Bray Hill. Part of the Garden City (cf. SSI 19). PORTLAND ROAD; see under Selborne Road. POST OFFICE LANE Post Office Lane 1813DM1813(47), Post Office Lane 1815DM1833(44), Post Office Lane MAdv.28.02.1822, Post Office Lane 1838D01838(23), Post Office Lane LA 1870, Post Office Lane CS 1841-91, Post Office Lane (obsol.) ONB 1965. Formerly a public road, now demolished and built on. Name no longer applies.

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• Formerly ran diagonally from Lord Street to James Street. Demolished in the clearances of the 1890s. Named from the post office situated in that lane 1805-1837. For details of post offices in Douglas, cf Slack (1996: 120-21). PORT JACK LEAD MINE Port Jack Lead Mine MS.03.04.1865 & MS. 09.09.1865. No further details. • Between Derby Castle and Onchan Harbour (FR2003). PORT SKILLION; see in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 129). POST OFFICE PLACE Post office place 1844DM 1844(31), Post Office Place 1846DM1847(45), Post Office Place LA 1870, Post Office Place CS1841-91. Obsol. Now demolished and site rebuilt on. Name no longer applies. • Ran between Lord Street and James Street past the end of Post Office Lane. Named by association with the foregoing (SS121). PREACHING HOUSE LANE Preaching-house Lane 1809DM 1809(34), Preaching House Lane MAdv.28.10.1809, Preaching House Lane 1809DO 1810(30), Preaching house lane 1818D01819(27), Preaching House Lane 1835DM1835(41). Now Wellington Street (qv). • An earlier name for Wellington Street (SS121). See also Methodist Meeting House Lane above. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, the the Primitive Methodist Chapel ("in Preaching House Lane") 1837DO 1837(30). • Erected in Preaching House Lane (Wellington Street) in 1823 (SS36). PRIMROSE AVENUE Primrose Avenue CS 1891, Primrose Avenue. Ext. fr. 4820 to 5511 SC3776 ONB1956. • Laid out in the early 1880s at the same time as Hawarden Avenue, named from Gladstone's residence in Clwyd, North Wales. Perhaps named from the 'Primrose League', set up to the memory of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1881) (SS121). PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE; see under Court House. PRINCE'S AVENUE Princes Avenue CS 1891, Princes Avenue. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Runs between Murrays Road and Ballaquayle Road. This, along with the following two, were all laid out around the same time (early 1870s). Possibly

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named from Prince Albert Edward who became King Edward VII in 1901 (d. 1910) (SS121). PRINCE'S ROAD Princes Road CS 1881, 1891, Princes Road. Ext. fr. 1484 to 3164 SC3876 ONB1956, Princes Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Between Dukes Road and Victoria Road. Laid out ca. 1890 (SS121). PRINCE'S STREET Princes Street CS 1891, Princes Street. Ext. fr. 7860 to 9272 SC3775 ONB1956. • Mainly laid out, together with Tynwald Street, Allan Street, and the short streets between, in 1871 on the main part of the Hills Estate (SS121). - BACK PRINCE'S STREET Back Princes Street CS1891. - PRINCE'S STREET LANE Princes Street Lane CS1891. PROSPECT HILL (Hs.) Prospect Hill ("near Atholl Street") Gaz.15.12. 1814, Prospect Hill Cottage ("end of Atholl St.") MS.27.04.1830, No. 1 Prospect Hill ("corner of Atholl St.") MAdv.20.06.1837. • A house built on the corner of Athol Street and what is now Prospect Hill. Named in all likelihood from its commanding view (at that time) over the lower part of the town. The house gave its name to the hill (see next) (SS122). - PROSPECT HILL (1 Parr) Prospect Hill LA1870(1814), Prospect Hill MS.28.09.1830, Prospect Hill 1830DM1831(33), Prospect Hill 1832DM 1838(26); (25 Kelly) Prospect Hill LA1870, Prospect Hill CS1841-91, Prospect Hill. Ext. fr. 0559 to 0944 SC3875 ONB1957, Prospect Hill. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Runs up from Victoria Street to join Bucks Road at the junction with Finch Road. Named from the house of that name that once stood on the corner with Athol Street. See foregoing (SS122). - PROSPECT HILL LANE Prospect Hill Lane MS.01.04.1854. PROSPECT ROAD; see under Mount Havelock. PROSPECT TERRACE Prospect Terrace MS.01.04.1854, Prospect Terrace CS 1861-81. Wood bourne Road. • The upper limit of Windsor Park, purchased and developed by John Crellin of Ramsey from 1846. Originally a row of private houses, later turned into shops to service Upper Douglas (SS122).

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PULROSE Pulrose. A residential district comprising a Corporation housing estate, shops, school, churches, golf club house, electricity power generating station, ct. approx. 3757 SC3675 ONB1956. See also Shanghai below. • Built from 1926 by Douglas Corporation to house some of the people from the lower town area before its demolition 1934-35. Nicknamed Shanghai (qv). For the name Pulrose see in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 129-30). - PULROSE ROAD (Pulrose) Pulrose Road. Ext. fr. 3047 to 9476 SC3675 ONB1956, Pulrose Road. PubRd. ONB1965. • Laid out on the line of the original track from Peel Road to QL-Pulrose farmhouse, known as The Manor (SS123). PUMP STREET Pump Street SS123. • According to Stuart Slack (1996: 123), this name only appears in a list of street-names dated 1818 and Kneen (JJK227) suggests it was part of Wellington Square where a pump existed. However, as Slack (SS123) points out, piped water was not introduced into Douglas until after the passing of the Waterworks Act of 1833, and rights to well water were vigorously defended. The outflow from the well on what was later to become Finch Road was probably culverted down what is now Well Road Hill (hence its name), and it may be that this water seviced the pump. PURT G H O O L I S H (ayns) phurt ghoolish EFC1899/134. • ' (in) Douglas harbour', G. port Dhubhghlais. PURT Y VAATEY; see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 413). See also under Cook's Harbour above. PUTTS, the the Putts SS123. • Local name for the area between Victoria Road and Palace Road on which Falcon Cliff is now built. Originally called Moanee Vooar 'big turbary' (QLBallaquayle), this 'pitch and putt' area replaced a 'Crystal Palace' (all glass) style dance hall, built ca. 1894 and subsequently demolished [? 1920s] (cf. SS123).

Q QUANES LANE Quanes Lane CS1841. Unlocated. • Mx. surname, G. mac Bhdin.

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QUARK: Daniel Quark's Meadow (by the Quarterbridge at Ballabrooie) 1813DM1815(16). • Mx. surname, G. mac Mhairc. QUARK: Quarks house and Garden OD1(33)1708. • South side of John Street on site of the Town Hall opposite Scott's Bistro (SD18/05). QUARRY, the the Quarry (stone quarry "near the South Quay") MAdv. 10. 06.1819. • Probably the quarry behind the gasworks on South Quay. QUARTER BANK; see in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 413). QUARTER BRIDGE, the the Quarterbridge 1813DM1815(16), Quarter Bridge 1829DO 1829(17), Quarterbridge MS.23.04.1841, (the) Quarter Bridge CS1841-91, Quarter Bridge; sit. at 7622 in SC3676 ONB1957. • The meeting point of two quarterlands, namely those of Ballabrooie and Ballaquayle in TR-Duglas in Kirk Conchan, and between the parishes of Kirk Conchan and Kirk Braddan at the River Glass. A bridge has evidently existed at this point since the end of the 17th century. The place has also been the scene of several boundary and access disputes over time (cf. SS125). See also in Kirk Conchan (PNIM/IV: 413) and Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 131). - QUARTER BRIDGE ROAD Quarterbridge Road. Ext. fr. 7722 SC3676 to 5184 SC3776 ONB1956. • Built around 1796 the road runs from the bottom of Bray Hill to Quarter Bridge. It was apparently not named till almost a century later (SS125). QUAY, the the Quay MMerc. 11.06.1793. • The first reference to a quay is in 1737 when stonework was required to be raised and 18 feet clearance left for a quaysaide. This was in the area of the Coffee Palace Berth (opposite the former Coffee Palace (qv)). Before that vessels anchored in the bay or tied up to posts on the harbour side (SDxii). See also under North Quay. QUAYLE: Quailes house and Garden OD2(31)1706, Capt. Quayles Houses and Garden 1747DM1748(59). • Mx. surname, G. mac Phdil, Phdil (Pal, Pol). Sited on the east side of Fancy Street to the rear of the present King Street flats (SD19/05).

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QUAYLE: Doctor Quayle's House 1786D01793(19). • At the corner of John Street and Church Street (SD18/05). Owned in 1705 by a Dr. Francis Quaile, Archdeacon of Ross, Co. Cork (NGC2003). QUAYLES LANE Quayles Lane (off the North Quay) 1847D01847(33), Quayles lane CS1851, Quayles Lane CS1861, 1871, Quayles Lane CS1891. • Ran between North Quay and Crooked Lane to the west of the British Hotel. Demolished during the clearances of the 1890s (SS125). It may refer to the former holdings of the Quayle family (v. James Street and Redfern's Hotel) which adjoin its northern end (NGC2003). QUEELING: Robt Queelings Garden (?by Douglas Chapel) 1757D01761 (35). • Mx. surname Quillin, G. mac Cuilinn. See also Quillin below. Site of 45/47 Victoria Street (SD21/07). QUEEN STREET Queen Street 1817DM1820(21), Queen Street MS. 11.05. 1822, Queen Street 1824DO1824(16), Queen Street LA1870, Queen Street CS1841-71, Queens Street, Queen Street CS1881, Queen Street CS1891, Queen Street. PubRd. ONB1965. • Runs from the North Quay in a north-westerly direction to Quine's Corner. The south side of Queen Street was erected when the North Quay was extended to its present position after the building of the stone bridge (on the site of the present bridge) across the Douglas River in 1778. Possibly named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III (SS125). QUEEN'S AVENUE Queens Avenue CS1891, Queen's Avenue. Ext. fr. 6529 to 6719 SC3776 ONB1956. Off Alexander Drive. • Runs between Alexander Drive and Hawarden Avenue. Though built ca. 1883 the new roads were not named till 1887. Queen's Avenue would likely be named elfter Queen Victoria who celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1887 (SS127). QUEEN'S COURT Queen's Court OS 1866. • A small courtyard on the north side of Guttery Gable on the site of what was the Strand Cinema. Possibly named from Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee in 1862 (SS127). QUEEN'S HOTEL Queens Hotel CS 1871. Queen's Promenade. • In operation since at least 1855. Still trading (SC61-62).

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QUEEN'S PLACE Queens place CS1851, Queens Place CS1871, 1881, Queens Place (obsol.)· Formerly a cul-de-sac, now demolished. Name no longer applies ONB1965. • Off Parade Street towards Circus Beach. Previously called Beach Street (qv). Created from a track required to be left between two intacks. Demolished when the Steam Packet sheds were erected (SS127, NGC2003). The sheds have recently been demolished. QUEEN'S PROMENADE Queen's Promenade. Ext. fr. 9507 SC3877 to 6434 SC3977 ONB1956. Formerly part of the Shore Road (qv). • Completed in 1890 it was named to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887) (SS127). QUEEN'S TERRACE Queens Terrace CS 1891, Queen's Terrace. Ext. fr. 6028 to 6619 SC3776 ONB1956. • See under Queen's Avenue. QUELEAISH: Queleaish's House (Strand Street adj. shore E) 1816D01827 (22). • Mx. surname Quilleash, G. mac Fhileis (Felix). QUIGGIN: Thos Quiggins House (Strand Street, adj. Sea shore S) 1804DM 1806(28). • Mx. surname, G. mac Uiginn. QUILL: Quill's Garden 1724D01724(24), Quill's House and Backside (adj. ComStr. W, Robt. Bancks [House] N, Seashore E) 1774DM1774(62). • Mx. surname, G. mac Cuill·, perhaps mac Uill (Will). See also next. QUILLIAMS COURT Quilliams Court CS 1841, Quilliams Court (by Cattle Market Street & Drumgold Street) 1846DO 1846(61), Quilliams Court CS 1851-91. • Mx. surname, G. mac Uilleam. Off Market Street opposite the present premises of Bridson and Horrox. A Mrs. Quilliam owned six houses in this court in 1842. Demolished during the 1960s. The site now lies under Marks and Spencer's department store (SS127). QUILLIN: Quillins Concerns ("in Water lane") 1833DM1840(51), Quillins Concerns in Water Street (adj. Water Street N, Water lane S) 1833DM1840 (52), Quillins Concerns (Es of Water Lane) 1833DO!843(45).

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• Mx. surname Quillin, G. mac Cuilinn. See also Queeling above. QUILLIN: Robert Quillins Meadow (nr. Ballabrooie) 1786DO 1786(90), Robert Quillin's meadow (nr. Ballabrooie) 1795DM1796(65). • Now part of the Hills Meadow (qv) (NGC2003). QUILLIN'S GARDEN Quillin's Garden (opp. the Friendly Society Room, Athol Street) MAdv. 28.01.1809. QUINE: Robert Quine's garden [1754]D01754(39). • Mx. surname Mac V/Wian (Mian 'Matthew'). North side of King Street, now the site of 49/51 Victoria Street (NGC2003). QUINES CORNER quines corner ("on the North Quay") 1844DM 1846(36), Quine's Corner MS.03.01.1846, Quines Corner CS1851-81, Quine's Corner CS1891. • Runs between North Quay and Lord Street. A Samuel Quine is recorded as having property in this area in 1797. Known as Sam Quine's Corner in 1846 (SS127). QUIRK: Paul Quirk's House 1772DO1772(68). • Mx. surname, G. mac Cuirc < Core (heart). Or mac Thuirc < Tore (boar). QUIRK: Phil. Quirk's Archway MS. 14.08.1832. QUIRK: William Quirks Concerns 1793D01793(33), William Quirks dwelling House 1817DM1817(58). QUIRKS COURT Quirks Court (to Richard Quirk, licensed victualler, licensee of the Cumberland Tavern?) CS 1881. • Same as Moore Court (qv)?

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Moore). • Eng. surname, probably from Radcliffe in Lancashire. First recorded in Man 1496 (JJKP210). Part of the the Old Market Inn site, Chapel Row (SD08/03). RAILWAY HOTEL Railway Hotel CS 1891. • At the bottom of Bank Hill and on Bridge Road adjacent to the steam railway station. Dating from ca. 1874 it is still trading (SC27-28).

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RAILWAY STATION HILL; see under Bank Hill. RAILWAY TERRACE Railway Terrace CS1891. • Constructed from 1886 along Peel Road adjacent to the steam railway station (cf. SS128). RAMSEY INN Ramsey Inn CS1861-81. New Bond Street. • Situated at 8 New Bond Street at the entrance to Almshouse Lane. Licensed from at least 1833 to 1883. Demolished in the clearances of 1934-35 (SC44). RAMSEY ROAD, the the Ramsey or Buck's road MS.03.04.1857. See also Bucks Road. • An early name for Bucks Road first noted in 1825. The section from Athol Street to Tynwald Street had previously been a farm lane subject to numerous rights-of-way disputes (SS128). RAMSEY ROAD, the the Ramsey Road ("new road commonly called...") 1810D01812(35), the Ramsey Road 1810D01817(23), the Ramsey Road 1825D01826(23), Ramsey Road 1830DM1830(23). • Leading from the northern end of Douglas Sand up past Glencrutchery or Summer Hill. See also the New Ramsey Road. RAPHAEL ROAD Raphael Road CS 1891. Between Demesne Road and Kensington Road. • Laid out by Philip Christian across his Finch Hill Estate in 1885. Probably named from the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio of Urbino, as Christian was evidently an acknowledged supporter of the arts, and the road was near the Douglas Art School (SS128, NGC2003). RAVENCLIFF (Head Road) Raven Cliff CS1861, Ravenscliff CS1881, Ravencliffe Lodge CS1891. Raven's Cliff. Bldg. sit. 6293 SC3874 ONB 1957. Private residence. READER'S CONCERNS; see under the Long Cellar. RED CROSS STREET Red cross Street ("now Drumgold Street") 1844DM 1846(49). • An earlier name for Drumgold Street. Provenance of name unknown. RED HERRING HOUSE CONCERNS, the (Duke Street) the Red Herring House Concerns 1802D01805(18), Red Herring House 1804D01809 (13). Kippering House. • Now the site of 27 Duke Street to Victoria Street junction (SD20/03).

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RED PIER Red Pier. Pier which leads on to King Edward VIII Pier ONB 1965. • The wreck of the herring fleet in 1787 emphasised the inadequate harbour facilities at Douglas and led directly to the building of the Red Pier (17931801), named from the Annan sandstone from which it was made. Designed by George Steuart (also of the Castle Mona and Villa Marina (qv)), it was erected on the site of an already existing pier apparently reduced to rubble some years before (1786; s.v. Douglas Lighthouse). The Red Pier was extended some 60m further into the bay. The end of the pier was rounded off and contained a lighthouse. This was removed when the pier was lengthened in 1936 to form the King Edward VIII Pier (qv). The pier served as a promenade for Douglas society during the 19th century until the construction of the Douglas promenades (qv) (cf. also SS128). R E D F E R N ' S HOTEL (James Street) Redferns Hotel CS 1861, Redfern Hotel CS1881. See also under the Butcher's Arms. • Eng. surname (first recorded in Man in 1654; JJKP212). Formerly the Douglas residence of the Quayle family on the south side of James Street (SD12/17). See also under James Street. R E D F E R N ' S SQUARE Redfern's Square (to George Redfern, "on the South side of Douglas harbour") MAdv.l 1.12.1802, Redferns square ("on the south quay") 1822DO1822(19). South Quay. • An early name for Woodhouse Terrace, after Thomas Redfern of the butchers / innkeepers family (see foregoing) who purchased property on the South Quay adjacent to John Woodhouse's Red Herring Houses in 1788. No trace now of the square, but it stood on a site directly opposite the British Hotel (SS128-29). REEDERS GARDEN; see under the Mount. REGAL CINEMA; see under Fort Lane. REGENT S T R E E T Regent Street CS1891, Regent Street. Ext. fr. 2154 to 2855 SC3875 ONB 1956, Regent Street. PubRd. ONB 1965. • Formerly Callow's Slip it was seemingly named from the Regent Hotel (now Admiral's Court) on the corner with Loch Promenade (SS129). RENDEZVOUS CAFE; see under Greensill's Corner. RICHMOND GROVE Richmond Grove CS1881, 1891.

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• Part of Finch Hill laid out in 1879. Probably named after the royal palace for Henry VII at Richmond, Surrey (SS129). Originally ANorm, riche mont. RICHMOND'S CORNER Richmonds Corner (nr. the Market Place) 1775 DM 1775(70). RIDGEWAY STREET Ridgeway Street. Ext. fr. 0943 to 0928 SC3875 ONB1956, Ridgeway Street. Incorporating North John Street ONB1965. • Laid out from 1894 through a cleared area comprising North John Street, Bacon's Court, Gelling's Court and Post Office Place. Seemingly named from the then Lt. Gov. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway (1893-1895) (SS129). RING'S COURT Rings Court CS1881, Ring's Court CS1891. • Off Guttery Gable and possibly an alternative name for Queen's Court (SS129). Probably named from advocate George Ring, Attorney-General and benefactor of St. Matthew's Church (NGC20Q3). RING'S END (Cott. 7 at) Rings end LA 1703, Rings end LA 1709, Ring's end ODl(67)1719, Rings End (adj. the Brewhouse (to Jo. Adams) E, Harbour S, W, ComStr. N) 1748DM1749(58), Rings End LA 1750, Rings end (adj. the Quay S) 1753001760(48), Ring's End LA1797, Ringsend LA1870. • Probably G. rinn 'point, end'. This site can be identified as where the Oddfellows Arms Inn stood, three doors from Parade Street (SD04/03). The whole area was demolished in the 1934-35 clearances. The name, in view of the early date, could be Manx, but more likely derives from the place of the same name near Dublin (cf. also SS130). RIVER DOUGLAS River Douglas. Tidal and navigable as far as 8816 SC3775 ONB1965. See also in Kirk Braddan (PNIM/V: 133). ROBERT MOORE'S BARN; see under the Old Bam. ROBIN NICKY'S L A N E Robin Nickys lane (off Cattle Market Street) 1818D01824(31). • Mx. patronymic Robin (son of) Nicky. ROBINSON'S BREWERY Robinsons Brewery (formerly called Mark Cosnahan's Brewery) 1812DM1813(50). • North side of Hanover Street (SD17/01 part, BGQS248). See also under Hoops Brewery. ROCK VILLA Rock Villa ("at the Crescent" adj. HR: DG-RY E) 1846DO 1846(26), Rock Villa CS1891.

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ROPE WALK rope walk (by Finch Road adj. Wellington Square) 1835DO 1836(20). - ROPE WALK FIELD, the the rope walk field (adj. Finch Road & Wellington Square) 1835D01835(45), the Rope Walk Field (adj. "Finches Road" W, wall Ns of the Big Garden E) 1835DM1839(8). ROPEWALK ROAD Ropewalk Road, Rope Road SS130. See also under Brunswick Road. • An earlier name for the lower part of Alexander Drive and the upper section of Brunswick Road. The ropeworks were associated with the Bath (Place) Shipyard and were erected in 1839 on the site now occupied by the Woodbourne Hotel (corner Alexander Drive / Brunswick Road). The ropewalk lay almost on a line of the present lane leading from Berkeley Street to the Wessex Garage (SS130). ROSEMOUNT Rosemount MS. 12.10.1850, Rose Mount CS1861, Rose Mount, Rosemount CS1871, 1881, Rosemount CS1891, Rosemount. Now applies to a road ext. fr. 7004 to 8306 SC3776 ONB1956. • That part of the Joyner Estate between Woodbourne Road and Mount Bradda and built on the Bwoaillee Ghowiti field. It gave its name to the Rosemount Hotel, part of Adelaide Terrace on Woodbourne Road (qv) (SS130-31). -ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rosemount Hotel (Rosemount) CS1891. See foregoing. ROSLYN TERRACE Roslyn Terrace ONB 1965. Ballaquayle Road. • Laid out in the 1880s on the edge of Murray's Estate it faces Laureston (qv) across Ballaquayle Road. Probably named from the village of Roslin (variously spelt) some 12km south of Edinburgh (SS131). ROYAL HOTEL (The Parade) Royal Hotel CS1851, 1871-91. • Built some time after 1789 it stood on the Parade and looked up North Quay. It did not become a hotel until 1848 (SC56). Later it became the freight office for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Demolished during the 1990s. RUMBLE BUCK'S HOUSE Rumble-Buck's House 1810DM1811(23). Unlocated. • A nickname?

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s SADDLEBACK Saddleback FR2003( Mtns W) PV1757 'turf-ground' Mx. moanee.

KIRK GERMAN BALLAHARRA BEG Ballney Harrey beg L01804DM 1804(32), Balla harrah beg ED149/1845. • 'little Ballaharra' Mx. BALLAWILLIN FN: Brack Willey ED149/1845 'speckled fold' Mx. breckwoailley. - Curragh Keill ED149/1845 'narrow marsh-area' Mx. curragh key I. KEEILL PHARICK NY DROMMEY Kyrke(e)patrick opon Drom SCR1417-18. • 'St. Patrick's Church of/upon the ridge' Mx. LHERGYDHOO FN: Boil ne yle EDI 18-19/1841 'the lime fold' Mx. bwoaill' ny eayl. - Bwooilley Ven (23 fs) EDI 18-19/1841 'white fold' Mx. bwoailley vane. - Cronk ne Juckley EDI 18-19/1841 'the broom hill' Mx. cronk ny giucklee. - Faie spoot EDI 18-19/1841 'spring, spout flatt' Μx.faaie spooyt. - Mar Moar (4 fs) EDI 18-19/1841 'big field' Mx. magher mooar.

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Other FN: Cronk, the Hill or Lyrgy [Lhergy] EDI 18-19/1841. TWELVE SHARES Int. the twelve shares ("part of the Bearey Mountain known as...") ED295/1863. TYNWALD (Court) Tynwald SCR1417-18. • 'See in PNIM/I: 295.

JURBY B A L L A G A R R A G H A N FN: Claughbane ED87/1840 'white stone' or '(farm of the) white stones' Mx. clagh v/bane, (bailey ny) clagh bane. - Claughbane Mean / hese (adj. Rd -> shore W) ED72/1854 'middle / lower Claughbane' Mx Claughbane Mean / Heese. - Croit ny Pollagh (adj. Ballaghaie & Bretney SW) ED87/1840 'croft of the marsh-parsnips' Mx. croit ny pollagh. CLOSE EH CANNON CloseehCannon AD26. • 'Cannon's enclosure' Mx. close y Cannan (Mx. surname). CLOSE NY GREAGH Closeny Greagh AD33. • 'enclosure of the haystacks' Mx. close ny greagh (creagh). CROW CROFT ROAD Crow Croft Road TP23. • See under Crows Croft JU (PNIM/II: 237). ELLAN EH QUAYLE Ellaneh Quayle AD25. ' Quayle's island' Mx. ellan y Quayle (Mx. surname). ELLAN VACK Ε CLEADY Elian Vackecleady AD23/24, Ellan Vackeh Cleady TP18. • 'Mac Cleady's island' Mx. ellan Vac y Cleady. GAIT PADDY Gait paddy TP2. • 'Paddy's field' Mx. giat Paddy.

KIRK CHRIST LEZAYRE A U S T FN: Cronk e Chobler ED29/1818 'the cobbler's hill' Mx. cronk y C(h)obbler, Mx. cronk 'hill' w. Eng. 'cobbler'. BALLACHRINK (TBB) FN: the Reast More ED5/1791 'big waste' Mx. reeast mooar.

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CRONK SUMARK Knock Shamork ED52/1824. • For this see PNIM/III: 365. FN: Airey Ghreany or Rising Sun ED52/1824 'sunny, well-lit shieling' Mx. eary greiney. GATT BEG VIARE Gatt Beg Viare (adj. HW S) L01800D01801(29) 'little field of/by the road' Mx. giat beg y vayr. GLEN AULDYN FN: Bwolley-woar MA1835D01847(33) 'big fold' Mx. bwoailley vooar. - Cawn sollagh MA1835D01847(33) 'dirty hollow' Mx. coan sollagh, or 'hollow of willows' Mx. coan sallagh. - Cronk-e-Nasshin MA1835D01847(33) 'the gorsey hill' Mx. cronkyn

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tin. GOB RENTRAIE Gob rein traih or Seafield (adj. the Mooragh E, Old High Road W) ED 122/1832. • 'point of the shore division' Mx. gob rheynn traie. KIRK CHRIST (Lezayre) Kyrkcryst SCR1417-18, Kirkcrist GIR1428. MYROSCO Mirescogh GIR1428. • See in PNIM/III: 440-441. ROUSSES CURRAGH Rousses Curragh or meadow MA1754DM1755 (38). Location unknown. • 'Rousse's marsh-area, curragh'. But see also PNIM/III: 372.

KIRK LONAN CLAUDOIN (Int. 35) Claudoin 32A3R9P (betw. Slieau Lhean & Slieau Ruy) ED236/1867 plan. • '?brown stone} Mx. clagh dhone. KIRK LONAN Kyrkelonan SCR1417-18. LAXEY GILL Laxey Gill ED51/1823. • Now Laxey Glen Road. FN: Crof Isabella Moore ED51/1823 'Isabella Moore's croft' Eng. 'croft' w. pers. name in Mx. word-order. - Croft ne Hawn ED51/1823 'the river croft' Eng. 'croft' w. Mx. ny h-awin 'of/by the river'.

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- Croft ne Tenting ED51/1823 '?the bonfire croft' Eng. 'croft' w. Mx. ny chentyn 'of the bonfire'. - Shen Thalloo ED51/1823 'old land' Mx. shenn thalloo. Other FN: upper field ED51/1823. RABY TR Raby SCR1417-18. • See in PNIM/IV: 345. RAUFF TR Raffe SCR1417-18. • See in PNIM/IV: 346.

KIRK MALEW BALLASALLA Balysallagh, Balisallagh SCR1417-18, Balesale GIR1428. • See in PNIM/VI: 236-237. BELL'S HOUSE the Haunted House ("on Langness (i.e. Langness Farm), was called "Bell's House' by [Castletown Golf Links groundsman] Mark Kitchen's grandfather who was brought up there [...]. When the farm buildings started to become derelict and potentially dangerous the name was invented to "stop" the King Bill's boys [from nearby King William's College] from going in there [...]") ASM1995. See also under the Haunted House. HAUNTED HOUSE, the the Haunted House ASM1995. See under Bell's House. KIRK MALEW Kirkmalew GIR1428. LANGNESS longnese GIR1428. • See in PNIM/VI: 137. RONALDSWAY Raynold(es)way GIR1428. • See in PNIM/VI: 162. SCARLETT ML Scarclout SCR1417-18. • See in PNIM/VI: 169.

KIRK MAROWN KIRK MAROWN Kyrkemaro(u)n SCR1417-18. ST. TRINIAN'S Kirksayntronyan GIR1428. • For this name see in PNIM/V: 221.

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KIRK MAUGHOLD BALDROMMA MOOAR Balladromma Moar or Balladromma Hoiese ED276/1836 • 'big Baldromma' or 'upper Baldromma' Mx. Baldromma Mooar / Heose. FN: Booiley ushag ED276/1836 'fold of birds' M \ . bwoaill' ushag. - Croit Rachel ED276/1836 'Rachel's croft' Mx. - Reist ED276/1836 'wasteland' Mx. reeast. - Thurroo ED276/1836 'marsh-parsnip field' Mx. thoar-ouw. Other FN: the Flatts ED276/1836. CORNAA Cornay SCR1417-18. • 'mill-river' ON kvern-d. GOB NY SCOOT Gob ne Scoot (North Barrule) ED31/1799. • 'point of the spring, spout' Mx. gob ny skoot. JACK'S LANE Jack's Lane ("Jack Kermeen the Carter lived before one gets to the chapel on the left hand side ca. 1890") JR2000 ( Ball£-\ C ?^• BallaX cute fcubbori aWF -\lough ALIA GRESBY j

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