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ON A FAMILY GENEALOGY TRACE, THE PLACE OF ABODE WAS GIVEN AS " DRAVY", ie. DRAVY TO MARINE PARADE". DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT DRAVY MEANS. ANY HELP MUCH APPRECIATED , THANKS.
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The word 'drive' has undergone various transformations across the years. For example, my dictionary lists 'drave' as an archaic form of the verb 'drive'. It's possible that 'dravy' might be a local dialect word for a unnamed drive(way) leading to a named road. So perhaps the house was located on a cart track off Marine Parade?
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The word 'drive' has undergone various transformations across the years. For example, my dictionary lists 'drave' as an archaic form of the verb 'drive'. It's possible that 'dravy' might be a local dialect word for a unnamed drive(way) leading to a named road. So perhaps the house was located on a cart track off Marine Parade?
Chris
In the 1881 census it is in Northam in Devon Distict 8 and if you read the enumerators toute at the start of the District it says: 'All the houses in Bude St Market St the Drangs leading to the Quay and Marine Parade'
See this quote from The Charles Kingsley Book 'Little White Fishing Village':
Along the quaint, narrow streets and drangs of Appledore there are many fishermen’s cottages, some of which date back to the Elizabethan era.
Here's a modern map of the area which shows that Northam merges with Appledore. I can only assume it means the same that we up here in lancashire called back alleys or ginels.
http://maps.google.co...num=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA
See this quote from The Charles Kingsley Book 'Little White Fishing Village':
Along the quaint, narrow streets and drangs of Appledore there are many fishermen’s cottages, some of which date back to the Elizabethan era.
Here's a modern map of the area which shows that Northam merges with Appledore. I can only assume it means the same that we up here in lancashire called back alleys or ginels.
http://maps.google.co...num=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA
'Drang' is also local dialect for 'passage' or 'narrow alley' in the area below the Landsker Line of South Pembrokeshire, aka "Little England beyond Wales". Much of this Landsker dialect originated in South West England.
http://www.pcnpa.org....e/default.asp?SID=458
http://www.pcnpa.org....e/default.asp?SID=458
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