Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALTERS' BURN | Salters Burn | Mr William Anderson, Land Steward, Whitburgh Mr Thomas Young, Farm Servant Whitburgh Mr Alexander Trotter Land Steward Costerton Mr William Paterson Librarian Fala Village |
018 | Rises near Tynehead, flows through Crichton Dean, the estate of Whitburgh, whence it is continued by the Blackhouse Burn. Its etymology is the same as the road & the Bridge. [Township] Humbie. |
| DODRIDGE LAW | Dodridge Law | Mr William Anderson Land Steward Whitburgh Mr Thomas Young Farm Servant Whitburgh Mr Alexander Trotter Land Steward Costerton. |
018 | Hill on the North side of Whitburgh House. On it are the remains of a Camp the tracings of which are becoming more indistinct by reason of the ploughing of the field. the hill is ploughed to its summit. Regarding this Camp much less its origin the people in the neighbourghood have no traditionary knowledge. And was it not for the remains I would have been unable to assign a Camp to Dodridge Law. |
Continued entries/extra info
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List of Names Collected by James Ireland C/a. [Civilian assistant]
Plan 18A Trace 1
Parish of Humbie
Parish of Ormiston
Objects
Salters' Burn - Stream
Dodridge Law - Hill
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 7 - Parishes of Ormiston, Humbie, Fala and Soutra, OS1/15/7
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Ormiston, Humbie, Fala and Soutra.
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.