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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of ROMAN ROAD [Cramond House] | Roman Road (Continued) | 001 | [continued from page 63] "Maitland's (History of Scotland Vo. [Volume] 1 P. [Page] 303) mentions that a Roman Road, ran from Inveresk to Cramond crossing the Water of Leith at the foot of the Weighhouse Wynd in the Town of Leith; but no traces thereof are to be found in this neighbourhood. The IV and V Itineres of Richard of Cirincester appear to have passed through Cramond, although the name is not mentioned in either of them; a circumstance that will appear rather extraordinary, when the importance of this place of Considered," | |
| RIVER ALMOND | River Almond | Revd [Reverend] W Colvin Cramond W. Clarke |
001 ; 004 ; 005 ; 010 | A large and important River taking its rise from a few small streams at the extreme Western Point of the County from which it forms the whole Boundary of the said County till its influx with the sea at Cramond a distance of about 24 Miles, on its course it drains a considerable extent of Country on both sides being enlarged by the Breich Waters, Wood Muir Burn & Seaton Burn, from the junctions of which it passes the mansion of West Wood, where it takes a considerable bend Northwards a little beyond the mansion of Easter Breich; further down it is joined by the Black Burn, and then the Hardwood Water at Livingstone, from which it proceeds in a steady course passing through West Calder when it is embodied by the united streams of Turnhouse and Muirhouse Waters from thence past Clifton Hall, Almondale, and Kirkliston, from which it assumes a winding course passing Craig Hall where it is overhung with precipitous Rocks till its influx with the sea. |
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[Page] 64P. [Plan] 1.B -- List of Names collected by John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] Examiner
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Parish - Cramond
Object
River Almond - River
[Signed] John E Daveran
Jany [January] 29th [1852]
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