Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTER DUDDINGSTON | Wester Duddingstone | Revd [Reverend] Dr.[Doctor] Macfarlan Manse Wester Duddingstone George Logan Esqr [Esquire] Principal clerk of the court of Teens Her Majesty's Register House Edinburgh | 003 | A small village beautifully situated at the base of 'Arthur's Seat' and in the parish of Duddingstone, consisting chiefly of neat modern self-contained villas, often enhabited during summer by families from Edinburgh. The parish church stands at the west end of the village, there are three grocers shops and three public houses, one of which is the " Abercorn Tavern" which stands at the east end of the village, and in this house prince charles slept the night before the battle of prestonpans. This village was once large and populous it had 30 weavers looms previous to. pto |
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List of Names collected by C/A Robert Miller
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 7 - Parishes of South Leith, Duddingston, Liberton and Canongate, OS1/11/7
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of South Leith, Duddingston, Liberton, and Canongate
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.