Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNBAR COLLEGIATE CHURCH (Site of) | Church (parish) | Revd [Reverend] Thomas Burnet, Newfield John Anderson Esq. Ashfield |
006 | This Church is a Handsome Building in the Gothic Style of Architecture, it was erected in 1819, 20 & 21 at a Cost of £5000 on the site of the old Collegiate Church founded (According to Chalmers) in 1342 by Patrick Tenth Earl of Dunbar and March, Their is a considerable space round it used as Burial ground on entering the Church the Strangers attention is arrested by a superb Monument erected to the Memory of George Home Earl of Dunbar, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, whose death took place rather suddenly in Whitehall, on the 29th January 1611, and it is supposed by poison. The Church Contains sittings for 1800 Persons. The Revd [Reverend] John Jaffray is the present Minister and receive a salary of about £700 a year from the Heritors of the Parish of Dunbar and other sources. |
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List of Names collected by James McAnulty
Plan Trace - 6 D 3
Parish - Dunbar
[signed] James McAnulty
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 34 - Parishes of Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Dunbar and Spott, OS1/15/34
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Dunbar, and Spott.
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.