Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDLESS | Needless | Robert Whyte Schoolmaster William Steven Athelstoneford |
Three rows of cottages one Storey high and in good repair occupied by mechanics & Labours the property of Sir David Kinloch Gilmerton. | |
| ATHELSTANEFORD [village] | Athelstoneford Village Athelstoneford Village Athelstaneford |
Robert Whyte Schoolmaster, William Steven Athelstoneford; Statistical Account |
A small neat village consisting of houses mostly all one storey high and in general good repair occupied chiefly by Farm Labours. There is one Small Public house & 3 or 4 retail Grocers Shops and Post office. about 3/4 of a mile to the North of the village a battle was fought between the Scots & Saxons in which the former were victorious, &in the flight of the Saxons there Commander Athelstan was killed by an archer at a ford on the Burn known by the name of the Cogtail Burn. the village was afterwards called Athelstaneford but it is now modernised into that of Athelstoneford. in this village the Revd [Reverend] Robert Blair composed his celebrated poem "The Grave" & his successor the Revd [Reverend] John Home wrote the Tragedy of Douglas in this place, the proprietor of the village is Sir David Kinloch. |
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List of Names collected by D. Mason Lce. Corpl. RS&M. [Lance Corporal Royal Sappers and Miners]
Plan 5C Trace 6
Parish of Athelstoneford
[Signed] D. Mason.
Object
Needless - Houses
Athelstoneford - Village
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.