Volume contents
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CROSSHOUSE | Crosshouse Crosshouse Cross Houses |
Revd. [Reverend] A. Torrence Charles Borthwick Knox's County Map |
012 | About ½ mile south by east of Woodhouselee. A neat and well constructed farm house two storeys high slated and in good repair with suitable outhouses and a large farm attached. The property of W.R. Trotter of Rush. |
EAST HOWGATE | East Howgate East Howgate How Gate |
Revd. [Reverend] A. Torrence Charles Borthwick Knox's County Map |
012 | About three-eighths mile south-east of Woodhouselee. A small village situated on the road leading from Edinburgh to Biggar, In it is a Public House, A Smith's Workshop and a few cot houses occupied by labourers. The property of William Tytler Esqr. [Esquire] of Woodhouselee. This place is called East Howgate to distinguish it from another place of the name of Howgate about 6 miles distant. |
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.