Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supposed Site of CARMELITE MONASTERY [Dunbar] | Monastery (Site of) | Doctor Kelly, Kirkhill Revd [Reverend] Thomas Burnet, Viewfield |
006 | This Monastery which formerly belonged to the Carmelites or white Friars, was founded in the year 1263, by Patrick Seventh Earl of Dunbar. No Vestage at present remains to MarK Where this manastery stood. |
| SUPPLY RESERVOIR (Water Works) [Dunbar] | Reservoir | Doctor Kelly, Kirkhill Revd [Reverend] Thomas Burnet, Viewfield |
006 | In 1766. The WorKmen when digging a foundation for a Reservoir discovered several Roman Medals with the inscription "Indea Captiva" when it was Conjectured to be the site of this Friary. |
| FREEMASONS LODGE [Dunbar] | Masons Lodge | Doctor Kelly, Kirkhill Revd [Reverend] Thomas Burnet, Viewfield |
006 | About this year the Freemasons erected a Neat stone Building over the Reservoir which is Called the "Masons Lodge" |
| MAISON DIEU | Maison Dieu | Doctor Kelly, Kirkhill Revd [Reverend] Thomas Burnet, Viewfield |
006 | This Religious foundation or Hospital was founded in the Eleventh or Twelth Century but by whom there is no authentic testimony. The remains of it were cleared away about the year 1728 for the purpose of forming A Bowling green which has since been Changed into gardens, yards, &c belonging to Viewfield and Ashfield Houses with the Free Church & School. This Hospital was erected either for receiving strangers or maintaining Poor or Sickly people. |
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List of Names collected by James McAnulty
Plan letter 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.