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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGNIDDRY HOUSE | Longniddry House Long Niddery Longniddry Longniddry |
Andrew Burns Robert Walker Co [County] Map (1799); Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] 1799 List of Farms of Co. [County] Haddington |
009 | [Situation] At the S. [South] end of Longniddry Village. A plain built mansion two Storeys high, having out houses attached. The property of the Earl of Wemyss. It is unoccupied. |
| JOHN KNOX'S KIRK (Ruins of) | John Knox's Kirk (Ruins of) John Knox's Kirk (Ruins of) John Knox's Kirk (Ruins of) Knox's Kirk |
Andrew Burns Robert Walker Co [County] Map 1799; Stat. acct. [Statistical Account] 1841 |
009 | [Situation] About 135 chains N [North] by W [west] from Elvingstone. The ruins of an old chapel or ch. [church] Situated close to the Mansion house of Longniddry. John Knox, the Scottish reformer for some time preached here. "While residing at Longniddry, Knox was in the practice of expounding the Scriptures and preaching the doctrines of the Reformation in a Chapel, about 1/2 mile to the west of which he then lived, close to the present mansionhouse of Longniddry, which from his preaching in it Still goes by the name of Knox's Kirk", see Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] (1841) |
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