An Area Of Largs?

[GSD4ME]

Dear all, I am doing some [more] family research and have got the birth certificate of one of my family - born in 1863 in Largs (Ayrshire) but I cannot read/decipher the birthplace - I can make a stab at it and have done a quick lookup on maps but to no avail. Therefore, does anyone in the Largs/Skelmorlie/etc area know if there was/is an area of Largs called Hallis Land (???) or similar, so that I can figure out where she was born exactly. The actual location is written as [Hallis Land]? Post Office - strange place to give birth !!!! Many thanks

[jno]

Hailey?

People usually gave birth at home, so if they lived over the PO it would be normal.

[Barmaid]

Checking older maps might be a better idea.

Also is it possible that it is **** Island?

Can you post a snip of that word - the more eyes the better.

[maggiebee]

Back in 1863 most births would have been at home. In Scotland "Lands" are usually alleys or squares off a main road. Not sure if this helps.

[JimF]

Could it Haselet Land?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessilhead_hamlet

[GSD4ME]

Picture of relevant field here:
https://tinypic.host/i/birthcertificatesection.5yyqk

[perseverer]

Hall's Land? (although I might have expected land to have a capital L) -adjacent to or behind the Post Office, which can be seen on Main Street in the 1850s 25inch map

Pure speculation

A land was a group of dwellings or tenements under the one roof and having a common entry (according to Chambers)