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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HAGGS WOOD Haggs Wood Andrew Walker Dalmeny House
W Clarke Cramond
A considerable belt of wood covering the summit of a rising ground, consisting of Oak, Ash, beech and Fir, situated on the farm of East Craigie the property of the Earl of Roseberry.
EAST CRAIGE QUARRY East Craige Quarry Andrew Walker Dalmeny House
W. Clarke Cramond
A considerable sized freestone quarry, situated on the west side of the Almond about 3/4 of a mile from Nether Cramond, it is of an excellent quality the Leith Docks having been built from it, however through some circumstance it has not been work those last few weeks. The stone is conveyed by a well constructed Railway for about 1/2 mile opposite Cockle Mill where the stone is transported in ships

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Co [County] Linlithgow -- P. [Plan] 1.B
List of Names collected by John E Daveran RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners Examiner
Trace 2

Parish - Cramond

Object
Haggs Wood - Wood
East Craig Quarry - Quarry

[Signed] J E Daveran
Jany [January] 29th 1852

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The place names on this page can be found on this map:
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Linlithgowshire, Sheet 7 (includes: Currie; Dalmeny; Edinburgh; Kirkliston; Ratho)
Survey date: 1854-5 Publication date: 1856
Six-inch 1st edition, 1843-1882

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