Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONE [Markle Mains] | Standing Stone | Sir David Kinloch Bart. [Baronet] Gilmerton George McArthur Markle John Brown, Linton |
005 | An upright pillar about 10 feet high in a cultivated field on the North Side of the Turnpike Road from Linton to Haddington. It has a very Ancient appearance but the Cause or date of its erection the Inhabitants know nothing of. - |
| MARKLE [Old] | Old Markle (in ruins) | Sir David Kinloch Bart. [Baronet] Gilmerton George McArthur Markle John Brown, Linton |
005 | Two ancient ruins on the South Side of the North British Railway about a mile West from the Village of Linton. The Inhabitants Conjecture the larger one had been a Friary or Monastery and the Smaller which lies North of it, the Chapel attached to it - As to the date of erection or to whom dedicated they are quite ignorant of, but all agree it was a religious house, for further particulars see New Statistical Account of Scotland and Farmer's Magazine for March 1811 |
| PROVOST'S PARK | Provost's Park | Sir David Kinloch Bart.[Baronet] Gilmerton George McArthur Markle John Brown Linton |
005 | Two fields, on one of which the Monastery stands, and forming No doubt at some distant period a part of the lands belonging to it. Sir David Kinloch of Gilmerton is the proprietor - he could give me the information with regard to either this or the Monastery. |
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[page] 50 -- List of names collected by James McAnulty C.A. [civilian assistant]
Plan 5 D Trace 4-- PrestonKirk Parish
[Signed] James McAnulty
[Signed] James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian assistant] 14 June 1853
[Signed] H James Cap R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
14 June 1853
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 32 - Parishes of Athelstaneford, Prestonkirk and Whitekirk and Tyninghame, OS1/15/32
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Athelstaneford, Prestonkirk, and Whitekirk and Tyninghame.
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.