Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGLE BURN | Ogle Burn | Mr. J Henderson Schoolmaster Innerwick Mr. Philip Sleigh |
012 | [Situation] Runs into Broadwood Burn about 3/4 mile ESE [East South East] of Innerwick village A Small Stream which rises at the South Side of Blackcastle Hill and flows in an Easterly direction to Branxton, thence northwards to its Junction with Broadwood Burn: their Confluence forms Thornton Burn. |
| OLD TELEGRAPH STATION [Blackcastle Hill] | Blackcastle Telegraph | Mr. J Henderson Schoolmaster Innerwick Mr. Philip Sleigh |
012 | [Situation] About 7/8 mile South of Innerwick village. This is the Ruins of one of a line of Telegraph or Signal Stations Erected along this Coast about A.D. 1800. This Station was Commanded by a Lieut. [Lieutenant] with whom were called shipmen and some assistants. The last who had Charge was a Lieut. [Lieutenant] Moxir R.N. [Royal Navy] it was disused about 1803. Mr. Sleigh well recollects its erection &c. |
| POST OFFICE [Innerwick] | Post Office | Mr. J Henderson Schoolmaster Innerwick Mr. Philip Sleigh SignBoard |
012 | [Situation] West of InnerwicK village. A Small Cottage in Innerwick Village used as a Post office in the Dunbar District. There is One arrival and Departure daily, on foot, to & from Dunbar |
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Parish of Innerwick
Plan 12. B.
Blackcastle Telegraph [note]
This is an old telegraph Station Similar to that
on Plan 2D on BerwicK Law and as it is on
BlacKcastle Hill, "Old Telegraph Station" is the
best disignation to write on Plan.
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 50 - Parishes of Innerwick and Oldhamstocks, OS1/15/50
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Innerwick, and Oldhamstocks.
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.