Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNNIE COPE'S ROAD | Johnie Cope's Road Johnie Cope's Road Johnie Cope's Road |
John Grieve David Arnot, Lamp of Lothian. |
008 | [Situation] About 3/4 of a mile N.E. [North East] from Dolphingston and leading from Tranent Station to near Bankhead This name applies as a proper nam[e] to a piece of an old public road from Tranent Railway Station to its Junction with the Musselburgh and Tranent road at Birslie Brae, on the morning of the battle of Prestonpans General Sir John Cope collected about 450 of Gardner's and Hamiltons Dragoons & fled by the line of road towards Birslie Brae and on by Soutra hill to Coldstream, from this Circumstance it got the given name. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 46
Parish of Tranent
[Note relating to 'Johnnie Cope's Road'] - see Note page 46
[Signed] T Smith CA [Civilian Assistant]
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 37 - Parishes of Tranent and Gladsmuir, OS1/15/37
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Tranent, and Gladsmuir.
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.