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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| WESTER DUDDINGSTON | Wester Duddingstone | Revd [Reverend] Dr.[Doctor] Macfarlan Manse Wester Duddingstone George Logan Esqr [Esquire] Principal clerk of the court of Teens Her Majesty's Register House Edinburgh | 003 | A small village beautifully situated at the base of 'Arthur's Seat' and in the parish of Duddingstone, consisting chiefly of neat modern self-contained villas, often enhabited during summer by families from Edinburgh. The parish church stands at the west end of the village, there are three grocers shops and three public houses, one of which is the " Abercorn Tavern" which stands at the east end of the village, and in this house prince charles slept the night before the battle of prestonpans. This village was once large and populous it had 30 weavers looms previous to. pto |
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