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Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 31 - Parishes of Athelstaneford, Dirleton and Haddington, OS1/15/31

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63 Church (Remains of)

"The Old church of Athelstaneford was built about
the middle of the 12th century by Ada daughter
of the Earl of Warenne and Surry, and wife of
Henry Prince of Scotland. She built and endowed
an Abbey in the neighbourhood of Haddington
and gave the Church of Athelstaneford to that
religious establishment to be served by its monks, she
survived her husband twenty six years and like
her father in law King David I left various proofs
of her attachment to the church. She died according
to Lord Hailes in 1178 and in the 13th year of the reign of her
son William surnamed the Lion the Church she built
here part of which is still standing continued the parish
church untill 1780 when a more suitable one was built."
Stat.Acct. [Statistical Account] of Haddingtonshire 1835.

"The old church of which there are still some remains
was built by Ada wife of Henry of Scotland who annexed
it to her Abbey in the neighbourhood of Haddington."
Fullartons Gazetteer of Scotland

Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 31 - Parishes of Athelstaneford, Dirleton and Haddington, OS1/15/31

This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Athelstaneford, Dirleton, and 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.

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