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Tranent, General

Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Site Name Tranent, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Canmore ID 76062

Site Number NT47SW 34

NGR NT 4054 7275

NGR Description Centred on NT 4054 7275

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Tranent
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT47SW 34 40 72.

Precept for charter of erection as burgh of barony in 1541/2; re-erected burgh of barony in 1619.

G S Pryde 1965.

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

Tranent Public School, Architect John Starforth

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE:

Tranent Bridge

Specification of the Bridge to be built in the line of the new road from Bankhead to Tranent by George Grieve. The contract for the new bridge over the Heugh is between Henry Davidson, Clerk to the Great Post Road Trustees abd Messrs Hugh Bolton and Morris Hamilton, Builders and Contractors, 37 Arthur Street, Edinburgh.

21 June 1828 SC 40/20

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