The New Statistical Account of Scotland: List of parishes. EdinburghW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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Pagina 24
... attended by nearly 100 persons . Dissenters . — There is no dissenting place of worship in the pa- rish , and the great mass of the people profess to belong to the Established Church . In 1836 , 2873 persons professed to belong to the ...
... attended by nearly 100 persons . Dissenters . — There is no dissenting place of worship in the pa- rish , and the great mass of the people profess to belong to the Established Church . In 1836 , 2873 persons professed to belong to the ...
Pagina 25
... attended by nearly 80 children in winter , and the teacher is endowed by Mrs Trotter of Mortonhall , who has also ... attend all the schools in the parish , and perhaps 30 more are at schools in the neighbouring parishes . The school ...
... attended by nearly 80 children in winter , and the teacher is endowed by Mrs Trotter of Mortonhall , who has also ... attend all the schools in the parish , and perhaps 30 more are at schools in the neighbouring parishes . The school ...
Pagina 46
... attend- ed in the church . At the last summer communion , there were 540 communicants ; but there are upwards of that number on the roll . The roll of heads of families entitled to exercise the veto con- tains 190 names . The church is ...
... attend- ed in the church . At the last summer communion , there were 540 communicants ; but there are upwards of that number on the roll . The roll of heads of families entitled to exercise the veto con- tains 190 names . The church is ...
Pagina 47
... attended with not a little riot and intemperance . Savings Bank . - A Savings Bank was established some years ago . In 1885 , the contributors amounted to 60 , and the stock to little short of L. 900. From L. 10 to L. 20.may be ...
... attended with not a little riot and intemperance . Savings Bank . - A Savings Bank was established some years ago . In 1885 , the contributors amounted to 60 , and the stock to little short of L. 900. From L. 10 to L. 20.may be ...
Pagina 54
... attend , the situation is perhaps as convenient as any other . The people in that district , however , being nearer , generally attend the parochial ministrations at Borthwick . The church is in the best state of repair , and is seated ...
... attend , the situation is perhaps as convenient as any other . The people in that district , however , being nearer , generally attend the parochial ministrations at Borthwick . The church is in the best state of repair , and is seated ...
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acres afterwards Alexander amount ancient annual annum appears average number banks barony belonging bolls Borthwick bridge Buccleuch building built burgh Calder Castle chapel charter chiefly coal Colinton common considerable Corstorphine Dalkeith district Douglas Duddingston Duke Duke of Buccleuch Earl east East Calder Edin Edinburgh erected established extent farm feet formed formerly Forrester funds garden Gilmerton Gogar ground heritors Hill improvement inhabitants Inveresk John King kirk kirk-session Kirkliston Kirknewton land Lasswade late Leith Liberton Lord Lothian manse merks miles minister Musselburgh nearly neighbourhood Niddry parish Parliament parochial Penicuik Pentland Pentland hills period persons poor population Presbytery present proprietor quarry Ratho rent residence Restalrig rish road Robert rock royal sandstone Scotland Scots Scottish session side situated Society stipend stone Street teinds tion town town-council village Water of Leith whole William wood
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Pagina 382 - Galystem;94 is probably the stone mentioned in the Statistical Account: 'A little above it (S. Mary's Church of Stow) is a very fine perennial spring, known by the name of the Lady's Well, and a huge stone, recently removed in forming the new road, but now broken to pieces, used to be pointed out as impressed with the print of the Virgin Mary's foot'.
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Pagina 435 - No memorial remains of the Grahames, unless the fading traditions of the place, and two curious but wasted tombstones, which lie within the circuit of the old church. They represent knights in chain armour, lying cross-legged upon their monuments, like those ancient and curious figures on the tombs in the Temple Church, London.
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