Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURDIEHOUSE QUARRIES (Limestone) | Burdiehouse Quarries (Limestone) | Thomas Dunn, Burdiehouse Mains John Barrowman, Muirhouse |
006 | Those extensive quarries are Situated on the farm of Burdiehouse Mains. The property of Sir David Baird, who continually Keeps about 20 men employed Constantly at them they are of an immense depth and present to the eye prodigious arcades, supported by natural gothic pillars; |
| BURDIEHOUSE MAINS | Burdiehouse Mains | John Jamieson, Straiton Thomas Dunn, Burdiehouse M [Mains] |
006 | A farm house neatly built with good suitable offices, attached is a farm of land about 119 acres occupied by Thomas Dunn the property of R Trotter Esq |
| STRAITON INN | Straiton Inn Straiton Inn |
John Jamieson, Straiton Thomas Dunn, Burdiehouse M [Mains] |
006 | A house in Straiton village occupied by Mrs Gibb and used as an Inn; it is very commodiously situated on the public road and serves as a changing place for coach horses, it is thatched and would give but poor accommodation to a traveller. Licensed to sell spirits etc. |
Continued entries/extra info
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P. [Plan] 6.D. List of Names collected by John E Darnan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners] 1st Examiner
[Object for Burdiehouse Quarries] Quarries
[Object for Burdiehouse Mains] House
[Object for Straiton Inn] House
[Parish] Ph [Parish] of Liberton
[Signed] JE Darnan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners] Apr [April] 3nd 1851.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 17 - Parishes of Liberton, St Cuthberts, Colinton and Lasswade, OS1/11/17
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Liberton, St Cuthberts, Colinton, and Lasswade.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.