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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ORMISTON Ormiston
Ormiston
Ormiston
A. Wilkie
R. Miller
Co. [County] map
004 [Situation] About 1 5/8 miles E. by S. [East by South] from Mid Calder.
A mansion house in process of erection on the site of an old building it stands on a Command [Commanding] Situation and is the prop [property] of Alexander Wilkie Esq
GOWANBRAE QUARRY (Whinstone) Gowanbrae Quarry
Gowanbrae Quarry
R. Miller
A. Wilkie
004 [Situation] About 1 1/4 mile S.E. by E. [South East by East] from Mid Calder.
A small whinstone Quar [Quarry] on the farm of Lawheads which is used as road metal for the public roads.
It was & is Whinstone on the plan which is quite correct as geological terms are not to be used, but the common name is to be adopted -

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Parish of Kirknewton

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