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Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 33 - Parishes of Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Prestonkirk and Dunbar, OS1/15/33

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[Page] 36
Parish of Whitekirk and Tynninghame

89 - Old Chapel (Ruins of)

[note] See Page 53 As this appears to have been called St. Baldred's Church and was also the parish church of Tynninghame. ThereforeSt. Baldred's or Tynninghame church is the proper Description to be written on the Plans.

1st "The ancient Church of Tynninghame stood a quarter of a mile below
the Village, on the northern side of the Tyne, in a beatiful field
which has a gentle slope to the Water's edge; whence the Church was
distant 300 yards. Chalmers Caledonia Vol [Volume[ 2 P. [Page] 548
2nd The Church of Tynninghame is very ancient. It was founded
in the 6th Century by St. Baldred, who died, here in 607. after
preaching the Gospel to a Confiding people. Chalmers Caledonia Vol [Volume] 2 P. [Page] 543
3rd It is pretty Certain that Baldred died in 607. In 949 Anlaf
the Dane, spoiled the Church of St. Baldred and burnt
the Village of Tynninghame Chalmers Caledonia Vol [Volume] 2 P. [Page] 544 Note at the bottom of the page

Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 33 - Parishes of Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Prestonkirk and Dunbar, OS1/15/33

This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Prestonkirk, and Dunbar.

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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