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Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 45 - Parishes of Prestonkirk, Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Dunbar, Stenton and Whittingham, OS1/15/45

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the Saxons having made an irruption into East Lothian in the eight century burnt Ecclesiam
Sancti Baldridi et adjacentum vicum de Tyningham, a Small village about a mile eastward
of this place. It is a Curious fact that upon taking down the old church 23 years ago the
oak beams bore on them in several places evident marks of fire so that it is so that it is probable they had
belonged to the ancient fabric and Consequently must have stood there nearly 1000 years.
Some places adjoining to the church Still bear the name of the ancient tutelar Saint as Baldrid's well
and Baldrid's Whill a pool or eddy in the river. The Chancel at the east end of the old
Church Still remains and is the burial place of the family of Smeaton." - Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] II p. [page] 86

Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 45 - Parishes of Prestonkirk, Whitekirk and Tyninghame, Dunbar, Stenton and Whittingham, OS1/15/45

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

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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