Places - Guide to Parishes and Places

 

 

 

 

This is intended to be a guide to many of the places mentioned in this website and not a comprehensive guide.

List of places - this is taking some time but will be added in a few months.

 

Maps - I hope you find these two maps useful as they are more accurate than the published maps of the time.

 

Craighall area around 1820's
Shows Adamsrow, Cairnie, Claybarns, Cocklerow, (Old) Craighall, Millerhill, Monktonhall, Redrow, Squaretown, with boundary of Inveresk and Newton Parishes. Also location of some of the main pits.

Cowpits area 1821
Shows Cowpits (Cowpitts), Old Craighall, Midfield, Monktonhall, Whitecraig all within Inveresk Parish. Also shows the location of the main engine pits.
cowpitts.

Claybarns
A few notes on the village, it's position on old maps, and a photo of the site today.

 

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