OS1/15/13/17
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPEL (Site of) [Penshiel] | Chapel (Site of) Chapel (Site of) Chapel (Site of) Chapel (Site of) |
James Darling Adam Darling John Darling Robert Murdoch |
020 | [Situation] About 1/2 Mile S.W [South West] from Priestlaw. This is the Site of an Ancient Chapel used by a party of Friars which had established themselves in this locality. It was an appendage of Melrose Abbey, to which Religious Establishment this land belonged previous to the dissolution of such houses or Establishments. There does not Seem to have been a Graveyard attached to this Chapel. |
| THE WINE CELLAR | The Wine Cellar The Wine Cellar The Wine Cellar The Wine Cellar |
James Darling Adam Darling John Darling Robert Murdoch |
020 | [Situation] About 3/4 of a Mile S.W. [South West] from Millknowe. This name applies to a Small hollow in the North Side of "Chapel Cleugh"; and is said to be the Site of a Small building said, Traditionally, to have been used by the Friars established in this neighbourhood as a Wine Cellar There is no vestige of any building here, and the report of a cellar being here is rather a conjecture arising from the name |
| PENSHIEL | Penshiel Penshiel Penshiel Penshiel |
James Darling Adam Darling John Darling Robert Murdoch |
020 | [Situation] About 3/4 of a Mile S.W. [South West] from Millknowe. A Small Cottage on the Farm of Penshiel in which resides a shepherd. So called to distinguish it from "Penshiel" which is in Ruins: this Cottage being the only roofed building at Penshiel. The occupying Farmer is Mr. James Darling, Priestlaw |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 17Plan 20.B. Parish of Whittingham
Chapel [notes] "The Chapel of Penshiel stood below the
house in a glen still called Chapel Haugh"
New Stat:Acct of Hadd [Statistical Account of Haddington]
Page 66
[Red Ink Note] There is no object called Chapel Haugh
as remarked in Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] but there is an
object not far distant called Chapel Cleugh see page 6
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Trondragirl- Moderator, Nora Edwards, MaxInSpain , Douglas Montgomery
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