Ormiston, General
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ormiston, General
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Planned Village
Canmore ID 54736
Site Number NT46NW 42
NGR NT 41086 69178
NGR Description Centred on NT 41086 69178
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54736
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Ormiston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46NW 42 41086 69178
(Centred NT 41086 69178) Ormiston was a planned village, created by John Cockburn of Ormiston Hall. It was laid out along the present Main Street, by Lewis Gordon, a civil engineer from London. Work started in 1735. However, the return from the village was insufficient, and Cockburn had to sell it to the Earl of Hopetoun in 1747.
The earlier village stood to the W, beside the mill by the river crossing.
J Knight and J Gifford 1980; C McWilliam 1978.
Photographic Survey (May 1963)
Photographs of buildings in Ormiston, East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1963.
