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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOSFORD HOUSE Gosford House
Gosford House
Gosford House
Wemyss House
Gosford House
Gosford
Thomas Christison
William Lambe
Pigot's Directory
Forrest's Co. [County] Map
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1835
004 [situation] About 1/4 of a mile East of Gosford House
A large mansion house, and offices in good repair, having a garden and a large tract of ornamental ground attached. It is the family residence, and property of the Earl of Wemyss.
MAUSOLEUM [Gosford House] Mausoleum Henry McKay
James Cowan
Thomas Christison
004 [situation] About 15 chains North from Gosford Ho. [House]
A short distance north of the house in the demesne is a Mausoleum or Sepulchral Monument erected by the late Earl of Wemyss as a burying place for the family. The late Earl is the only one already intered there.

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Parish of Aberlady

33 - Gosford House
47 - Mausoleum

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