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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAMOND [village] | Nether Cramond Village Continued. | Revd. [Reverend] W. Colvin Cramond W. Clark |
001 | [continued from page 57] latter took the line of the old Roman Road as far as Cramond House from the Post Office , and was intersected in the center on the West by Marys Lane a portion of the others still remain but not recognised as such. It has a Harbor or Creek in which at High Tide it is 16 ft [feet] deep, and can give ample shelter to vessels no exceeding 80 Ton. however there are few that trouble it except those connected with the Ironworks. and in the shipping of stone. which places are about 1/4 of a mile up the River and are easily reached by such vessels. As regards the remote history of this place, and in order to give as concise a summary as possible of the most remarkable events, I may commence as far back as the beginning of the Christian era, when this County was first conquered by the Romans A.D. 43 under the command of Plautinus Lieut [Lieutenant] of Claudius Caesear, who who following his victorious General the ensuing year subdued a Great part of Brittain and as a memorial of his conquest gave his son the honorary appellation of Brittanicus. (John Woods History of the Parish) he says that some imagine that a settlement was formed at Cramond during the reign of Claudius Caesear, from the circumstance of several Coins and medals of that Emperor being found here He (Wood) continues by saying that "This however is but slender evidence to oppose to the continued [on page 59] |
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[Page] 58P. [Plan] 1.B -- List of Names collected by John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] Examiner
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Parish - Cramond
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