Volume contents
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KING'S HILL | King's Hill King's Hill King's Hill |
John Jackson William Henderson Knox's County Map |
012 | About ¼ mile south-west from Kirkton. A small hill a little west of Kirkton farm house. A tradition in the locality assents that King Robert Bruce stood on this hill during the course of a match between some favourite hounds of his and that of William, St. Clair of Roslin. This tradition has been rendered popular by being --- by Sir W. Scott in his Lady of the Lake ---. |
LOGAN COTTAGE | Logan Cottage Logan Cottage |
William Henderson John Jackson |
012 | About ½ mile south-west from Glencross Reservoir. A handsome cottage of the modern style situated on the side of an eminence on the northern margin of Logan Burn and surrounded by pleasant ground. It is used as a hunting lodge by the proprietor Mr. Robertson. |
Transcriber's notes
King's Hill: Missing words hidden within fold of book.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 31 - Parishes of Currie, Colinton, Lasswade, Penicuik and Glencourse, OS1/11/31
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Currie, Colinton, Lasswade, Penicuik, and Glencourse.
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.