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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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George Forrest Mathew Howston Stat Acct [Statistical Account] 1841 |
005 | [Situation] About 1 Mile N.E. by N. [North East by North] from New Mains A small arable field on the farm of Prora, in which it said that a man named Livingston had a conflict with a wild boar which infested the neighbourhood. The whole line of the Peffer including part of the lands of Fenton and Chapel, and stretching towards North Berwick Law is said to have been at one time covered with wood, the den of wild beasts, and greatly infested with wild boars, one of which is said to have been of great size, and exceedingly destructive to those who dwelt in that neighbourhood. Livingston for a promised reward attacked this beast near Luffness, and is supposed was in this field where he destroyed it. A short distance from this a Standing stone marks the place where the boar fell. |
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Parish of Athelstaneford
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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
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.