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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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LONGNIDDRY HOUSE | Longniddry House | Andrew Purves Robert Walker |
009 | A plain built mansion two Storeys high with Suitable out offices all in good repair "it originally belonged to a Cadet of the Douglas of Dalkeith, the ruins of the chapel where John Knox are still to be Seen joining part of the Garden Wall, on the night of the 28th July 1650 a Division of Cromwell's army under command of Capt. [Captain] Hodgson lay at Longniddry and this part of the army was Sent on to Musselburgh under Major General Lambert. An engagement took place afterwards at Longniddry but the place cannot now be pointed out." It is the property of the Earl of Wemyss it is unoccupied. |
JOHN KNOX'S KIRK (Ruins of) | John Knox's Kirk (Ruins of) | Andrew Purvis Robert Walker Co. [County] Map |
009 | The ruins of a church. Where the great Scottish reformer used to preach There is nothing now remaining but the ruins of the walls on the North and West Sides |
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