Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILSDEAN BURN | Bilsdean Burn | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean |
012 | A small stream having its rise on the farm of Cocklaw and flows in an easterly direction to its junction with the German Ocean the name to be wrote a little above Dunglass domain |
| SCHOOL [Bilsdean] | School Pte. [Private] | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean David Blackhall Bilsdean |
012 | A cottage one storey high and in good repair used at present as a school for male and female the average attendance is about 55 the usual branches are taught. The Master gets £5.0.0 every year from Sir J. Hall but has to pay School & house rent out of it Schoolmaster D. Blackhall. |
| THE LINN | The Linn | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean David Blackhall Bilsdean |
012 | A waterfall of about 16 Ft. [Feet] on the Bilsdean Burn situate little to the E. [East] of the School house. |
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List of Names collected by D. Mason 2nd Corpl. RS&M [Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners] -- Plan 12D Trace 3
Parish of Oldhamstocks
Received name -- Object
Bilsdean Burn - Stream
School (Pte.) [Private] - House
The Linn - Waterfall
[Signed] D. Mason
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 16 - Parishes of Oldhamstocks and Innerwick, OS1/15/16
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Oldhamstocks, and Innerwick.
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian 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 East Lothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.