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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
INVERESK HOUSE Inveresk House H. Colt Esq Inveresk House Musselburgh
Town Map
Rev [Reverend] Mr Beveridge Inveresk Manse
A handsome Mansion a short distance South of "Newbigging" it is in the Elizabethan style of architecture & is encompassed by a stone wall which bounds a neatly laid out demesne. The date 1603 is engraved on stone above the front door.- it is the property of H. Colt Esq.
INVERESK CHURCH Inveresk Church H. Colt Esq Inveresk House Musselburgh
Town Map
Rev [Reverend] Mr Beveridge Inveresk Manse
A rectangular stone building with porches at the east and west ends, and an attached Vestry on the south side it is surmounted by a high Spire & stands upon the summit of a hill S. [South] West of Musselburgh, supposed to be the hill upon which the Roman Praetorum stood when that people held Inveresk. This Church stands upon the site of the very ancient Chapel of St Michael & contains sittings for 1000 people. The oldest tombstone in the grave Yard dates from 1609

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List of names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] Mechan R.S.&M. [Royal Sappers & Miners] 15th May 1852

Parish - Inveresk

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This Name Book refers to Musselburgh 1853 - Sheet 11
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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