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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUNRAW formerly a Convent | Nunraw Nunraw Nunraw Nunraw Nunraw |
Thomas Balfour Mr Nellans Mr Anderson Forrest's Co [County] Map Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1841 |
011 | [Situation] About 1/2 a mile E [east] by South from Garvald. A large mansion house on the west side of Thorter Burn. Some centuries ago it was a nunnery belonging to the Priory of Haddington, but now [modernised] and still exhibits evident mar [marks] of great antiquity. It is the property and residence of Mr. Hay. |
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[Page] 38Parish of Garvald & Bara
[Page] 76- Nunraw
"The house of Nunraw Some centuries ago was a Nunnery belonging
"to the priory of Haddington and though modernised Still exhibits evident
" marks of great antiquity" Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Haddington 1841 page 96.
"The house of Nunraw Some centuries ago was a nunnery belonging
"to the priory of Haddington and though modernised still exhibits evident
"marks of great antiquity" Sinclairs Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol. [volume] 13 page 359.
"Nunraw on the eastern verge of the northern division was anciently as the name imports a nunnery
"and though modernised into the form of a mansion bears traces of its original character" Fullarton's Gazetteer
"The Church of Garvald with its pertinents and a carucate of land convenient were granted to the Cistertian
"nuns which the Countess Ada Settled near Haddington during the reign of Malcolm IV . They established a grange near the
" church & formed a village which thus obtained the name of Nunraw They also acquired the lands of Slade and Snowdown forming together
" almost the whole parish" Chalmers Caledonia vol. [volume] 2 p. [page] 536.
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