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Parish of Heriot
Heriot Contd. [Continued]
There are no villages in the parish. The post office is at Fushie Bridge; about 7 miles distant. The parish Church situated on Heriot Water, was built in 1804.
The manor of Heriot belonged to the Morvilles, and next to the Lords of Galloway, and certainly was possessed by Roger De Quincey the Constable of Scotland. It subsequently came into the possession of Mark Ker, and of his heir, Robert, 2nd Earl of Lothian; and it is now distributed among seven proprietors, the chief among whom if the Earl of Stair, the patron. Heriot is in the presbytery of Dalkeith and Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale.
Complied From Various Sources.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 63 - Parishes of Heriot and Stow, OS1/11/63
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Heriot and Stow.
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.