Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPETOUN MONUMENT | Hopetoun Monument | John Howden W [West] Garleton Mr Henderson Byres |
010 | A Circular monument about 14 ft [feet] in diameter and about 99 feet high Situated on the Summit Of Byrie hill On the farm of Byres. It is a Substantial Stone building with an inside winding Stone Stairs leading to a square turret on its Summit. guarded by a low parapet wall. On a Stone in the West Side of it is the following inscription "This monument was erected to the memory of the great and good. John fourth Earl of Hopetoun, by his affectionate tenantry in East Lothian A.D. 1824. |
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List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant]
Parish of Haddington
Plan -- Trace
10A. -- 1.
Object - A Monument
[signed] T Smith ca [civilian assistant]
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 41 - Parishes of Haddington, Athelstaneford and Prestonkirk, OS1/15/41
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Haddington, Athelstaneford, and Prestonkirk.
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.