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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDRA | Fidra Fidra Fidra Fiddrie Fidrey or Fetheray Faedra Fiddrie isle or Fetteray Fidrie Fidrey Fidra Fidra |
Pigot's directory Johnston's Co [County] Map Forrests Co [County] Map 1799 Greenwoods Co [County] Map Stat [Statistical] account Hadd [Haddington] Mr William Wyllie (Factor) Fullarton's Gazetteer Sinclairs Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] vol [volume] 3 page 194 Chalmers Caledonia James Todd Castlemains Mr. Pringle Factor |
001 | [Situation] About 2 Miles N.N.E. [North North East] from Collegehead A bleak island in the Frith of Forth a little north of Longskelly Rocks on the coast of Dirleton Parish. Its appearance is highly picturesque the northern portion is of considerable elevation, very rocky and precipitous. It is seperated from the southern part by a chasm covered by high water, on the eastern end of this part of the Island is a tabular piece of pasture land, called Castle Tarbet, on a rocky eminence and rises in a castellated form, hence the name. On the 8th May 1509, a royal charter was granted by James IV to Henry Congleton |
| CASTLE TARBET | Castle Tarbet Castle Torbet Castle Torbet |
Johnstons Co. [County] Map Forrest's Co. [County] Map William A. Wylie |
001 | [Situation] On Fidra Island on a rocky eminence and rises in a castellated form, hence the name. On the 8th May 1509, a royal charter was granted by James IV to Henry Congleton (Turn over) [Continued on page 4] |
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[page] 3Parish of Dirleton
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