OS1/11/23/45

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALDERSTONE MAINS Alderstone Mains John Buchannan, Alderstone Mains Mid Calder
William Brash, Alderstone Mid Calder
010 A very excellent farm of about 130 acres of arable land With complete dwelling & outhouses recently erected It is Situate near the village of Livingstone is the property of the Earl of Roseberry and occupied by John Buchannan
ADAM BRAE Adambrae John Buchannan, Alderstone Mains
William Brash, Alderstone Mains
010 A Slightly elevated Knoll in a cultivated field on the Farm of Alderstone Mains On the Summit of the Hill is a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station called Adam Brae, and a longitudinal protuberance by Some thought to be an Artificial mound. I have carefully examined it and consider a natural object

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List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] William Rogers RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners
Plan 10 A Trace 1
[Object for Alderstone Mains] Farm
[Object for Adambrae] A small hill
[Parish] Mid Calder
[Signed] William Rogers 2nd Corpl [Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners]

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Elsewhere the name "Buchanannan" has been spelled in the more usual fashion "Buchanan"

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