Talk:Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet

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Stichel

Just a jot to say that my mid-19th century Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland spells it "Stitchel" as do the 19th century editions of Burke. Has the spelling changed today? (I havn't driven down that way for some time so cannot remember). David Lauder 11:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

When I saw your post on my talk page, it took me a few moments to realise you were talking about James Hall's father-in-law. Why not use the article talk page? Especially when it's not one of those horrible ones with yards and yards of entrenched acrimonious disputes going back months, years ... and it's so much more direct.

It was "Stitchill" that I first saw in the James Hall article around 06:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC). As it was red-linked, I searched for more information and found it listed as "Stichill" in the "Historic parishes" section of the Roxburghshire article, which you may have noticed that I linked in the same edit.

Google results this morning (San Francisco time) for six spellings:

• Stichill Roxburghshire 2,220 (in Roxburghshire article)
• Stitchel Roxburghshire 458 (in your post above)
• Stitchill Roxburghshire 272 (previously in James Hall article)
• Stitchell Roxburghshire 104 (another permutation)
• Stichel Roxburghshire 98 (in your section heading)
• Stichell Roxburghshire 52 (another permutation)

Stichill, as in the Roxburghshire article, gets the most hits, but that's just one google test count, which you can of course also do yourself. In and of itself it reveals nothing about how it was spelled in Hall's father-in-law's time; perhaps it was spelled as many (or more) ways then. Athænara ✉ 15:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

==Stitchil==

Nothing on the 4th Bts Talk Page. David Lauder 15:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

On the what? Æ. ✉ 15:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

Apologies. You have responded, above. I have just looked at the Ordnance Survey map for Kelso (NT63/73) and there it is spelt Stichill. I give up. David Lauder 16:02, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Mildly curious, I googled the seventh variant: the count was 9 for "Stitchil Roxburghshire." I am subject to the condition I call Encyclopedic Wander and can't help but wish to know what meaning is carried by the several forms of the place name. Æ. ✉ 22:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

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