Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAID HILLS | Braid Hills | R Trotter Esqr Mortonhall R Mason Montonmains |
006 | A Hill with an innumerable number of hillocks situated on it, the they are bleak and rugged and of an unclaimable nature the hill found east to west is long, and narrow, an both ends of which are Trig ◬s |
| FAIRMILEHEAD | Fairmilehead | R Trotter Mortonhall R Mason Montonmains |
006 | A small thatched cot house of a very antiquated aspect situate on the farm of Lombuston at or about this house numbers of human carcases were dug out, some few years ago, and many were enclosed in stone coffins what was the cause of this cannot be properly ascertained some assert that a battle was fought here between General Monk and the Scotch, |
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Plan 6D
List of names collected by Pte [Private] John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
[Object Braid Hills] Hill
[Object Fairmilehead] House
Ph [Parish] of Liberton
[signed] John E Daveran 26 Sept [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.