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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNNIE COPE'S ROAD | Johnie Cope's Road Johnie Cope's Road Johnie Cope's Road |
John Grieve David Arnot, Lamp of Lothian. |
008 | [Situation] About 3/4 of a mile N.E. [North East] from Dolphingston and leading from Tranent Station to near Bankhead This name applies as a proper nam[e] to a piece of an old public road from Tranent Railway Station to its Junction with the Musselburgh and Tranent road at Birslie Brae, on the morning of the battle of Prestonpans General Sir John Cope collected about 450 of Gardner's and Hamiltons Dragoons & fled by the line of road towards Birslie Brae and on by Soutra hill to Coldstream, from this Circumstance it got the given name. |
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[Page] 46Parish of Tranent
[Note relating to 'Johnnie Cope's Road'] - see Note page 46
[Signed] T Smith CA [Civilian Assistant]
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