OS1/11/26/70
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CHAPELTON | Chapeltown Chapellton |
Peter Robb Chapelton Robert Walker Chapelton Andrew Mun Mason Alexander Dunlop Lab [Labourer] Sketch of Roads by [James Flint] County Map |
010 | This name applies to Two Cottages 1 /2 a mile E [East] of the Village of W. [West] Calder And on the estate of Chapleton. The Name is a Roman Catholic Chapel having formerly Stood here. No authentic tradition of the chapel exist ; but, Mr Robb Says that he has heard that it was in connection with a Monastery near the Borders;that the dinner bell now at Bell now at Limefield Ho [House] was the Chapel Bell. The proprietors of Chapeltoun was afterwards Occupied by a Naval Officer After which the House was [pulled] down with the exception of two rooms which now forms a portion of one of the cottages With this cottage are tow Grass Parks the remains of Chapleton [estate] Comprising about 500 acres in part fued the remainder let as grass Parks [The] cottages are occupied by Peter Robb and Robert Walker And the estate is the property of Mr Gloag |
MURRAYS POOL BRIDGE | 010 |
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List of Names collected by 2nd Copl [Corporal] W Rogers RS & [Royal Sappers & ] Miners -- Plan 10C -- Trace No 2 -- Parish of West Calder -- [Page] 70Chapeltown -- Object - Cottages
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