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Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 17 - Parishes of Pencaitland, Salton, Humbie, Bolton and Yester, OS1/15/17

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Parish of Humbie

63 - Keith House
[note]
"Keith-house one of the seats of the Earl
marshall though of no higher antiquity than
1590 and entirely dilapidated by subsequent proprietors deserves special notice
Built in the form of a hollow square one entire Side of it 110 feet in length and three
Storeys in height was fitted up and used as a hall and the edifice was in other
respects Suited to the Splendour of a family who at the period of its erection
were the most powerful and opulent in the Kingdom. The timber used in constructing it was a present from the King
of DenmarK as an expression of the high opinion he conceived of the Earl when negociating the marriage of the Princess
Anne of Denmark with James VI." - Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland.

63 - Windy Mains

Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 17 - Parishes of Pencaitland, Salton, Humbie, Bolton and Yester, OS1/15/17

This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Pencaitland, Salton, Humbie, Bolton, and Yester.

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.

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