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From: "Ian Clough" <>
Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Barrass and Barrass Bridge
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:15:01 -0000
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Barrass Bridge spanned the Pandon Burn at the point where Claremont Road met
the Haymarket end of Percy Street. During the 1840s and 1850s the Pandon
Burn began to be filled in initially using earth excavated from the
Victorian Tunnel. I have sent details of the origin of the word barrass to
Sandy off list.

Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gar W Davidson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: [DUR-NBL] Barrass and Barrass Bridge


>
> Greetings
>
> Just curious as to where Barrass Bridge (is it an area of where?) is/
> was? Would like to know why it was named that - as I just found my
> husbands gt-gt grandmother was a Margaret Barrass, who married Ralph
> Williamson in 1832 in Tynmouth Church. (Their children were Ralph,
> Francis, William, John, Ann, Mary, Jacob, Margaret and Robert.) I
> don't know anything about the Barrass family or name as I am just
> starting on this line. I just found her death on free BMD and sent
> for certificate. Can anyone share any insights on this name? Would
> like to know if anyone has this branch in their tree.
>
> Sandy
> Pennsylvania USA
> On Mar 2, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Ian Clough wrote:
>
> > Peter asked,
> >
> > < SANDYFORD LANE, N/C. Possibly part of Sandyford Rd? >
> >
> > I would go along with that. It is on the bus route that I take to
> > town and
> > still to be seen carved in stone on several houses on the ends some
> > of the
> > terraces are street names long overuled by the modern need to
> > simplify the
> > names of busy roads. Barrass Bridge and the Haymarket where it
> > terminated
> > are just area names retained from the past and the exploit of
> > Lambert's Leap
> > over the steep sided dene is done with ease by any doubledecker.
> > Ian
>
>
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