Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRON & JOUGS (Site of) [Haddington] | Site of Tron and Jougs | Major Vetch Meadowbank Mr Neill Stationer Mr Richardson Deacon, J. Sinclair Bellmains Mr William Aiten Mr John Nelson |
In the middle of High Street about 2 chains E [East] of the market cross (site of) The site of this weighing machine & place of public punishment is still preserved by a circular pavement where it formerly stood. The Tron was a wooden frame with scale attached for weighing woo[l] principally. Tron mean[s] an old Scottish weight 22 ounces to the pound. Jugs were rings with hooks attached for confining offenders by the neck and were fixed in the upright beam of the Tron. |
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[note] Jougs - A sort of Pillory - Jamieson
Transcriber's notes
Site of Tron and Jougs - See OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Haddington 1853 - Sheet 1
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 22 - Parish of Haddington, OS1/15/22
This volume contains place names information in the parish of Haddington.
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.