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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGH SCHOOLS [Haddington] | Burgh Schools Burgh Schools Burgh Schools |
John White Thomas Lee Andrew Beaton |
010 | [situation] South side of Church Street, a little east of St Ann's Place. Two buildings erected at the expense of the town and occupied as the burgh schools. The average attendance about 190, and about 130 of those are designated infants and attend the Infant classes in two separate apartments. The remainder are in the higher classes taught by two masters in the ordinary branches of an English education including classics. Salary £45 paid by the Burgh Magistrates, beside School fees. The infant school is taught by 2 female teachers. One school occupies the lower storey of the building the other occupies the upper storey. |
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Parish of Haddington
114 - Burgh Schools
Note - The Town Library is Kept in an apartment of the Burgh School. This library was established here in 1717 by the Rev. [Reverend] John Gray a native of Haddington and minister of Aberlady, but it has been considerably augmented from time to time. This library is exclusively for the use of those residents within the burgh.
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.