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"The parish of Athelstaneford whatever Gaelic etymologists may say derived its name probably from a
that owed its appelation to some person. To Athelstan the Anglo-Saxon conqueror who overcame Lothian in
934 A.D. is attributed this name. Camden contradicts this probability by saying that an English Commander
called Athelstan was Killed here in 815 A.D.. And Buchanan romances about a Danish chief who was
slain here by the Picts. But neither Camden nor Buchanan assign any proof for his assertion."
Chalmers Caledonia vol [volume] 2 p. [page] 576.

"Athelstanford is named from Athelstan an English commander who was slain here in battle with the Scots
about the beginning of the 9th century. In the second volume of Camden's Brittania there is the following statement.
'A little from Haddington Stands Athelstaneford so named from Athelstan an English Commander who was
slain with his men there about the year 815 but that this was Athelstan the warlike King of the West Saxons must
be utterly denied if we have any regard to the time and manner of his death. Tradition still points to the place
near the ford of the brook where Athelstan fell and was buried' "
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Haddington 1835 page 41