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EDMONSTON MAINS Edmonstone Mains Edmonston Mains Edmonston Mains R.Harper J. Lamb Val.[Valuation] Roll Co.[County] Map 007 A farm house with offices & an arable farm of land attach'd occupied by R. Harper and the property of Mr. Wauchope.
MAUSOLEUM [Woolmet Church] Mausoleum R Harper J. Lamb 007 The burying place of the Wauchope family previous to the Reformation the Parish Church of Wagmet or Woolmet was used as a chapel and was converted in 1834 into its present form by the proprietor Mr. Wauchope.
Remains of WOOLMET CHURCH Mausoleum R. Harper J. Lamb 007 " An ancient Edifice adjoining the village of Edmonstone which had been used for divine worship before the reformation for the parish of Wymet was afterwards converted into a Chapel, where the Laird of Edmonstone received permission from the Presbytery (1641) to have readings of prayers morning & evenings providing it were not prejudicial to the public exercises in the Church and where by the same authority children were permitted to be baptized providing always the people should be there present at public worship. In process of time it came to be exclusively converted into a burying place by the Edmonstone family and having gone into decay was renewed in the form of an elegant Mausoleum by the late proprietor." Stat.[Statistical] Acct.[Account] 1845

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