Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH formerly St John's Collegiate Kirk [Corstorphine] | Corstorphine Church | Rev [Reverend] David Horne, Corstorphine Mr Manson, Corstorphine |
001 | [Object] Church. The parish Church situated in the village of the name [Corstorphine], it is of great antiquity and Seems to have been erected in the 15th Century by Sir John Forrester adjoining to which was a collegiate Church erected by the same individual which is wholly destroyed or remoddelled [remodelled] so as to form a portion of the present edifice, in it are some ancient shrines, situated in the wall, consisting of statues representing a Knight in armour and a lady, bearing escutcheons no doubt of the Forrester Family, it is surmounted with a small steeple of a Conical shape. The roof of this building is flagged except the Northern wing which was remoddelled [remodelled] in 1831 it contains 532 sittings all of which are free. This building was originally dedicated to St John |
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List of names collected by 1st [?] John C Darnan RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners
[Parish] Corstorphine
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 3 - Parishes of Cramond and Corstorphine, OS1/11/3
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Cramond, and Corstorphine.
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.