Longevity in Currie, 549 Longfaugh, Roman camp at, 58 Longshank hill, 49
Loretto, chapel of, 270, 272-house, 274
Lothian bridge, 195
Lot's Wife, stone called, 201 Loughborough, Lord, 493 Luckenbooths, the, 624
Lugate castle, ruins of, 418-water, 403 Lugton, barony and village of, 500, 510 Lumsden, Rev. Charles, 387 Lunatic asylum, Edinburgh, 732 Lundie, Rev. James, 520
Lying-in hospital, Edinburgh, 731 Lymphoy tower, 546
Macgill of Cranston, family of, 191- Alexander, 227
Macintosh, Charles, 499
Maclaurin, Colin, 672, 687-John, 114 M'Lurg, Sir James, bequest by, 188 Maconochie, Allan, 441
Macpherson's bursary, 678 M'William, Dr J. O., 496
Magazines, &c. published in Edinburgh,
Magdalene asylum, 726
Magistracy of Edinburgh, 707
Maiden castle, the, 351
Maison Dieu, the, 657
Maitland, Lord, bequest by, 101 Major's Knowe, the, 510 Malcolm, Rev. David, 387
Malleny house, 546-limestone at, 545 Maltmen, corporation of, Leith, 765 Mammoth, tusk of the, 135
Manufactures, 44, 53, 96, 125, 291, 334, 353, 391, 423, 551, 600, 608, 609, 738, 771
Manderstoun, William, 241
Manuscripts, remarkable, in Newbattle, 68 Marchfield spa, 594 Margaret, Queen, 473 Marjoribanks, Sir J., 673
Markets and fairs, 45, 53, 97, 149, 244, 302, 322, 379, 423, 429, 508, 532, 552, 766
Marr, the Regent, 478 Marshall, John, bequest by, 223 Martyrs' tomb, Rullion, 315
Mary, Queen, notices of, 7, 84, 166, 193, 267, 279, 477, 627-of Gueldres, hos- pital founded by, 721-of Guise, 625 Mary Gibb's stone, 202 Maternity hospital, 732
Mavisbank house, and camp at, 333 Meadowbank, Lord, 441 Meadowbank house, 442 Medical Society, Edinburgh, 690 Medico-Chirurgical Society, 689 Mein, Rev. Dr, 521
Melville, Lord, 171, 327, 493-monu- ments to, 327, 655-Rev. John, 564 Melville, ancient parish of, 323-castle,
Merchant Company, Edinburgh, 709- Leith, 764
Merchant Maiden Hospital, 724
Meteorological tables, Dalkeith, 459-In- veresk, 248-Stow, 400 Meteorology, see Climate Michelston house, 417 Mickery isle, 592
Midcalder, parish of, 356-church, 372 -village, 357, 375
Middleton burns, 151-house, 173, 176- village, 184
Milburn, plantations at, 80-tower, 92 Miller's knowe, the, 619
Milne, Admiral Sir David, 284 Mineralogy, see Geology
Ministers of Borthwick, list of, 187-Cor- storphine, 235-Cramond, 605—Dal- keith, 517-Glencross, 320-Inveresk, 296,-Kirkliston, 145-Liberton, 9- Midcalder, 369-Newton, 577-Stow, 430-Temple, 53
Ministers' Widows' Fund, the, 668 Minto House Hospital, 730
Mitchell, Alexander, bequest by, 581- Joseph, 85
Moir, D. M. Esq. 285
Monk, General, 487 Monkton house, 282
Monkton hall colliery, 250
Monmouth, Duchess of, 489
Monro, Dr Alexander, 114, 672 Mons Meg, 652
Monteith, Rev. Mr, 386 Montgomery, Rev. Mr, 5
Montrose, origin of the family of, 462 Monument to Lord Borthwick, 163 Monuments, Dalkeith, 516-Edinburgh,
Musselburgh, town of, 254-ravages of cholera in, 249,-its commerce, &c. 293 Mutton hole, village of, 601 Napier, Sir Archibald, 596-William,549 National bank, 753-monument, 655 Naughly, Rev. Andrew, 412
Naval and Military academy, 684 Nelson's monument, Edinburgh, 617,655 Nethershiels, Roman camp at, 416 Newbattle, parish of, 63-abbey, 68-vil- lage, 63
Newbridge, village of, 134, 139
New Craighall colliery, 251-village, 294 New Hailes house 283 Newhall house, 36
Newhaven, village and quoad sacra pa- rish of, 781
Newhouses, village of, 139 Newlandrigg, village of, 183 Newliston house, 139
New Saughton house, 597
Newspapers published in Edinburgh, 694 New Street church, Edinburgh, 664 Newton, Rev. Archibald, 9
Newton, parish of, 557-church, ruins of,
storphine, 236-Dalkeith, 486-Glen- cross, 316-Newton, 562-Ratho, 89 Paterson, Rev. Ninian, 9—Mr, fishing net factory of, 292
Pathhead, village of, 59, 60
Patton's Account of the battle of Pinkie, 275
Paul Jones, 640
Pauperism, see Poor
Penicuik, parish of, 29-depot for prison- ers, 33-house, 37-village, 38, 45 Penniwhigate water, 403
Pentland hills, 30, 108, 310, 324, 544- battle of the, 315-annexed parish of, 323-village, 335
Petroleum well, St Catherine's, 5 Philosophical society of Edinburgh, 687 Physic garden, the, 691
Physical society, Edinburgh, 690 Physicians, fees of, in 1685, 433. Physicians' Hall, 686
Pinkie, battle of, 264-house, 279 Piper of Peebles, tradition regarding the, 201
Pirntaiton, Roman camp at, 416 Pitcairn, Dr Archibald, 493 Pitt statue, Edinburgh, 655 Plague in Edinburgh, 735
Plantations, 32, 50, 57, 67, 70, 80, 111, 140, 157, 192, 199, 287, 308, 314, 361, 374, 385, 406, 439, 453, 573, 600 Platt hill, 77-camp on, 90
Playfair, Professor, 672-monument to,
Pleasance, origin of name of, 657 Police of Edinburgh, 717—of Leith, 765 Poll tax, levying of the, 430 Pollock, Rev. Mr, 387 Polton, Lord, 493
Poor, management of the, 26, 47, 55, 62, 75, 105, 132, 147, 189, 197, 204, 242, 299, 309, 321, 336, 379, 396, 427, 450, 531, 540, 556, 584, 605, 610, 613, 743, 780 Population returns, 11, 38, 52, 59, 69, 92,
120, 139, 179, 194, 202, 285, 307, 318, 333, 352, 373, 390, 419, 442, 503,539, 549, 569, 599, 608, 612, 650, 771 Port, Rev. Robert, 630
Porteous mob, the, 638 Portobello, town of, 390, 392 Post office, Edinburgh, 750
Pow burn, 559
Preston, village of, 195
Prestonfield house, 390
Prestonhall house, 194
Prestonholm mill, 608, 609- village,
Produce, annual, 14, 21, 44, 59, 72, 96, 144, 195, 203, 290, 391, 422, 505, 575 Provosts of Corstorphine, the, 226 Pumpherston castle, ruins of, 370 Purdie, Rev. William, 10
Quarries, lime, 19, 59, 64, 182, 192, 358, 359, 445-sandstone, 21, 64, 96, 124, 144, 192, 207, 251, 359
Queen's room, Borthwick, 172-Cake- moor, 193-seat, 279
Raeburn, Sir Henry, 698
Raid of Ruthven, the, 630 Raith of Edmonstone, 567 Ramsay, Sir Alexander, 331-Allan, 687 -Professor, 672-R. Wardlaw, Esq., 611-W. R., Esq of Barnton, 585 Randolph, the Regent, death of, 262,274 Ratho, parish of, 76-barony, 81-house, 92-village, 97
Ravelrig hill, Roman camp on, 547-pro- perty of, 549
Ravelston, property of, 215-quarries, 207 Red friars, the, 49
Redhall castle, ruins and history of, 112 -house, 111-quarry, 124 Redhead, ruins of castle at, 418 Regalia, the Scottish, 651
Regent bridge, the, 646
Register house, the, 645, 717
Reid, a covenanter, 136-Bishop, bequest by, 670-general, bequest by, 676 Rennie, Sir John, 271
Rent, rates of, 14, 44, 52, 70, 94, 123,
142, 181, 195, 203, 220, 288, 318, 337, 374, 390, 420, 444, 504, 539, 550, 573, 599, 600, 609, 612
Restalrig, ancient parish of, 775-church, 657-village, 781
Reviews published in Edinburgh, 694 Riccarton house, 545 Ridel, farm of, 191
Riding of the marches, Inveresk, 268 Rigg, Hugh, of Carberry, 278
Rhind, William, on the geology of Liber- ton, 2
Ritchie, Alexander and John, the sculp- tors, 284-William and Adam, lo - gevity of, 549
Rizzio, murd er of, 628
Roads, bridges, &c., 21, 45, 53, 60, 73, 97,
126, 144, 195, 203, 222, 294, 319, 335, 354, 393, 423, 445, 510, 534, 552, 575, 609
Robertson, Principal, 170, 493
Robinson, Mr, fishing net factory of, 292 Rolland, John, 492 Rollock, Professor, 670
Roman remains, &c., Colinton, 119-Cor- storphine, 216-Cramond, 589-Dud- dingston, 388, 389-Inveresk, 254, 271 -Lasswade, 33-Longfaugh, 58-Mid- Calder, 371-Newbattle, 63, 68-Stow, 416-West-Calder, 305 Rosebery, Earl of, 50, 51
Rosewell collieries, 339-village, 351 Roslin, parish of, 337-battle, 339-cas- tle, 349-chapel, 340-village, 339, 352, 354
Routing well, the, 283
Royal Bank, the, 752-Botanic Garden, 691-Colleges of Physicians and Sur- geons, 686-Company of Archers, 719 -Exchange of Edinburgh, 644-Infir- mary, 726-Institution, 698, 699, 704 -Medical Society, 689-Physical So- ciety, 690-Scottish Academy, 699— Society, 687-Society of Arts, 693 Royston house, 596
Ruddiman, Thomas, 687
Rullion green, battle of, 113, 315 Runciman the painter, 37, 697 Russell the historian, 414
Rutherfurd, Andrew, Esq. 596-Rev. Sa- muel, 380
Sacrament, first administration of, by Knox, 371
Sailcloth, manufactory of, 291
St Andrew's church, 665
St Anne's carpet manufactory of, 334 St Anthony's chapel and hermitage, 620, 657-well, 658
St Bernard's church, 665-well, 621
St Catherine's church, ruins of, 7, 29— house, 11-petroleum well at, 305- monastery, 657
St Clair, family of, 340
St Cuthbert's church, &c. 664-charity workhouse, 747
St Giles's church, 658
St George's chapel, 667-church, 665 St James's chapel, 667
St John's chapel, 657, 666-church, 665 -quoad sacra parish, Leith, 778 St Leonard's paper-mill, 608, 609-vil- lage, 609
St Mary's chapel, 657-church, 665- church, ruins of, 409
St Mary in the Fields, chapel of, 656 St Mary Magdalene's hospital, 657 St Mary of Placentia, chapel of, 657 St Mathew's well, 338
St Michael's church, 270 St Mungo's well, 29, 545 St Nicholas's chapel, 766 St Ninian's chapel, 657 St Paul's chapel, 666
St Roque's chapel, 657
St Stephen's church, &c. 665
St Thomas's church, 779-hospital, 657 Salisbury crags, 615, 619
Sandilands, family of, 362-Sir James, 363-the reformer, 365 Saughton house, 597
Savings' banks, 47, 55, 75, 105, 189, 299, 321, 427, 531, 753
School of arts, 686—of design, 704
Schools, see Education Scots law society, 690 Scott of Buccleuch, history of family of, 484-of Malleny, family of, 548-Ge neral, ib.-Dr David, 236-James, 227 --Hon. Campbell, 490-monument, 656 Scottish Academy, 699-Naval and Mili- tary Academy, 684-Society of Arts, 693-Regalia, 651
Scougall the painter, 697 Seafield baths, 766
Sea mill of Musselburgh, the, 271 Semple, Rev. Samuel, 5, 10
Session, court of, 715
Shank house, ruins of, 157, 175-point, 174
Sharp, Rev. Thomas, 236
Sharpe, Sir William, 281 Shawls, manufactory of, 739 Sheens, origin of name of, 657 Sheep, see Live-stock Sheriff-court, 717
Sheriff hall colliery, 560, 570, 575 Short's bursary, 679 Sibbald, Sir Robert, 672 Signet library, the, 645 Silk-mill, 738
Simpson, Rev. Archibald, 481, 562
Sinclair of Roslin, family of, 351-Ed- ward, ib-Oliver, 315
Skeltimuir, limestone at, 606
Skene of Hallyards, 136-Sir John, of Curriehill, 547
Slateford, village of, 121 Small debt court, 717
Smith, Dr Adam, 490
Society of high constables, the, 718-for
the sons of the clergy, 669
Societies, religious and charitable, 147, 426, 530, 721, 737
Solicitors before the supreme courts, the,
Somerset, the protector, 264, 275 Sommers, Dr John, 369
South Bridge, the, 645
South Esk, the, 49, 68, 154, 174, 458, 607 Southfield house, 11
South Leith, parish of, 776
Soutra church and village, site of, 536— hill, 534
Spalding, a wizard, 510
Spark, Rev. Mr, death of, 554 Speculative society, the, 689 Spottiswoode, John,367—Archbishop, 368 Springfield, Roman road at, 333, house, ib. Spylaw house, 111
Stage hall, camp at, 416
Stobhill colliery, 606-village, 53 Stobs, gunpowder mills of, 53 Stone coffins found in Borthwick, 173- Corstorphine, 217 - Dalkeith, 502- Glencross, 317-Inveresk, 277, Kirk- liston, 138-Roslin, 352
Stones, monumental, Kirkliston, 137, 138 Stonyhill house, 281
Stow, parish of, 398-early state of, 430 -village, 422
Strachan, John, bequest by, 597, 737 Straiton quarry, 21
Strange, Sir Robert, 739
Stuart, Professor, 284-Gilbert, ib.
Sugar refineries, Leith, 771
Sunnyside house, 11
Surgeons' hall, 687
Swanston, village of, 121
Syme, Geordie, 510
Symington house, 417
Symson, Rev. Andrew, 517-Rev. Archi- bald, 518
Tanneries in Musselburgh, 292 Templars, suppression of the, 365 Temple, parish of, 49-church, 51-vil- lage, 52, 53
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 707 Thomson, Dr, bequest by, 682-Joseph, bequest by, 737-Rev. John, 387, 698 Thorburn, Grant, 495
Thornybank, village of, 501 Tobacco pipe factory, 738
Torphichen, family of, 362
Torphichen, preceptory of, 364 Torquhan house, 417
Torsonce castle, ruins of, 418-inn, 429 Torwoodlee castle and house, 417, 418- estate of, 407
Town guard of Edinburgh, the, 624 Town hall, Leith, 766 Traquair forest, 409
Trees, remarkable, Borthwick, 157—Co- linton, 112-Cranston, 192-Dalkeith, 453-Duddingston, 385- Glencross, 313-Hawthornden, 330-Heriot, 199 Inveresk, 253-Liberton, 18-Mid- Calder, 361-Newbattle, 67-Stow, 407 Trent, Rev. Patrick, 54
Trinity chain pier, 781-chapel, 667- college church, 721-house, 763—well, 538
Trotter, John, Mortonhall, bequests by, 4 Tumuli, Borthwick, 173-Colinton, 119 Lasswade, 333-Liberton, 5-Midcal- der, 373
Tunnel, remarkable, Inveresk, 250 Turner, Rev. Patrick, 520
Turnhouse hill, 310, 312-camp at, 317
Tyne water, 56, 191, 192
Typography in Edinburgh, 696
Tytler, Patrick Fraser, Esq. 316—Wil-
liam, Esq. of Woodhouselee, ib. Union Bank of Scotland, 753 Union Canal, 78, 98, 126, 145, 754
University of Edinburgh, the, 670-li- brary, 680
Urns found in Inveresk, 259-Kirkliston,
Valleyfield mills, 34, 44
Veitch, Rev. John, 493
Veterinary school, the, 692 Viaduct, the Esk, 512
Vicar's acres, the, 8--well, 283 Victoria, Queen, 492, 641-statue of, 656 Vogrie house, 173, 178
Wages, rates of, 14, 52, 71, 94, 123, 142, 182, 195, 288, 444, 505, 540, 550, 573 -ancient, in Stow, 431 Walker, General, 415, 426-Professor, 672-William, 284
Walker Drummond, Sir Francis, 326 Wall of Edinburgh, the, 643 Wallace, Sir William, 385 Wallace's camp and cave, 332 Walliford, village of, 294 Wardie burn, 590, 591 Warklaw hill, camp on, 547 Water of Leith, village of, 665 Waterspout, damage done by, 386 Waterworks, Edinburgh, 109, 756 Watherston, Roman camp at, 416 Watson, Captain, bequest by, 343-Rev. Laurence, 562
Watson's Hospital, Georges', 723-John's,
Wauchope, Gilbert, 4-Sir John, 5-John, Esq. 561
Webster, Rev. James, 10 Wedale, district of, 409 Wedderburn, Archibald, 493 Wellington statue, the, 656
Wernerian natural history society, the, 689 West Calder, parish of, 304-village, 307,
West church, Edinburgh, 664 West Craigs hill, 206
Wester burn, 358, 545
Wester Duddingston, village of, 388, 390,
Westmill, village of, 609
Westpans, village of, 294
Whales caught off Cramond, 592 Whitehill house, 611-improvements at, 613-village, 500, 501, 510 Whytbanklee, village of, 423 Whyte, Rev. Thomas, 3, 5 Whytock, Rev. George, 527-and Co. carpet factory of, 334
Wilkie, Rev. William, 86-Mr, improve- ments by, 142
Wilkieston, village of, 445 Williamson, Peter, 751
Wilson, Christian, a witch, 510 Winchburgh, village of, 139 Windlestrae law, 404
Windydoors castle, ruins of, 418 Wishart, George, 270
Witches of Midcalder, the, 373- Wolf's Cleuch, the, 202 Woodburn house, 69 Woodcot house, 535 Woodhall house, 111 Woodhouselee, Lord, 316 Woodhouselee, trees at, 313
Woodville house, 111
Woolmet, suppressed parish of, 561- church, ruins of, 568-house, 569-vil- lage, 570, 575
Workhouse, Edinburgh, 743
Writers to the Signet, faculty of, 716 Wymet, see Woolmet
Zoological gardens, Edinburgh, 692
Zoology, 50, 66, 80, 111, 135, 159, 199, 252, 404, 454, 561, 591, 621
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