Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society

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Table of Contents

Volume I – 1924-29

1924-25 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol I Pt 1

OFFICE BEARERS
Pages 3

CONSTITUTION
Pages 4 – 6

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Pages 7 – 8

1925-26 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol I Pt II

TWO EARLY EAST LOTHIAN CHARTERS
William Angus
Pages 5 – 11

THE INCORPORATION OF BAXTERS OF HADDINGTON
James H. Jamieson
Pages 13 – 37

1926-27 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol I Pt III

NOTES ON THE EAST LOTHIAN FAUNA
H. Mortimer Batten
Pages 49 – 54

THE MONASTERY OF NORTH BERWICK
D. B. Swan
Pages 55 – 69

EAST LOTHIAN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATIONS
Hugh Hannah
Pages 71 – 92

1927-28 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol I Pt IV

THE GRAY LIBRARY, HADDINGTON
W. Forbes Gray
Pages 105 – 123

THE BIRDS OF THE BASS ROCK
H. Mortimer Batten
Pages 125 – 130

HISTORICAL NOTES OF PLACES VISITED BY THE SOCIETY :-
WHITTINGEHAME
LENNOXLOVE
YESTER CASTLE AND THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF BOTHANS
SETON CHAPEL
PARISH CHURCH OF ABERLADY
PARISH CHURCH OF PRESTONKIRK
PARISH CHURCH OF SPOTT
DUNGLASS
COCKBURNSPATH
PRIESTLAW
HILL FORTS
THE HOUSE OF SOLTRA
THE BASS ROCK
FAST CASTLE
Pages 131 – 158

1928-29 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol I Pt V

BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS FOUND IN EAST LOTHIAN
Alice Blanche-Balfour
Pages 169 – 184

YESTER AND ITS GOBLIN HA’
John Russell
Pages 185 – 198

HISTORICAL NOTES OF PLACES VISITED BY THE SOCIETY:-
PARISH CHURCH OF WHITEKIRK
NUNRAW
PRESTON
TANTALLON
DIRLETON
CONVENT OF CARMELITE FRIARS AT LUFFNESS
HAILES CASTLE
TYNINGHAME
WINTON HOUSE
PENKAET CASTLE
LONGCROFT FORT
Pages 199 – 227

Volume II

1929-30 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol II Pt I

LORD BALFOUR
Marshall Lang
Pages 5 – 8

LENNOXLOVE
Major W. A. Baird of Lennoxlove
Pages 9 – 27

DUNBAR OF OLD
T. Wilson Fish
Pages 29 – 52

THE KAEHEUGHS’ FORT
Alexander Burnett
Pages 53 – 55

BARNES CASTLE
F. W. Hardie
Pages 57 – 61

REV. H. N. BONAR
Rev. James Crockett
H. Mortimer Batten
Pages 63 – 67

ANCIENT GRAVES AT HOPRIG
George Taylor
Pages 69 – 70

HISTORICAL NOTES OF PLACES VISITED BY THE SOCIETY:-
GARLETON HILLS
OLDHAMSTOCKS
CRICHTON CHURCH AND CASTLE
FAWSIDE CASTLE AND ELPHINSTONE TOWER
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
Pages 71 – 78

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA
(1) LOUIS A. BARBE
(2) DAVID S. ALLAN
(3) JAMES S. BRUCE
Pages 79 – 86

1930-31 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol II Pt II

THE INCORPORATION OF HAMMERMEN OF HADDINGTON
(First Part)
James H. Jamieson
Pages 97 – 111

CAVES AT ARCHERFIELD
ST. PATRICK’S CHAPEL
W. S. Curr
Pages 112 – 114

EAST LOTHIAN NATURE NOTES
H. Mortimer Batten
Pages 115 – 122

THE BARONY COURT OF COLSTOUN
EXTRACTS FROM ITS RECORDS
GLOSSARY
Mrs. Broun Lindsay
Pages 123 – 153

THE THORN TREE, PRESTONPANS
Hugh Hannah
Pages 154 – 156

HISTORICAL NOTES OF PLACES VISITED BY THE SOCIETY:-
HADDINGTON
DIRLETON CASTLE PARISH CHURCH
ARCHERFIELD CAVES
INVERESK HOUSE AND PINKIE HOUSE
ISLANDS OF FORTH
CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE
Pages 158 – 165

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA:-
(1) DR. THOMAS ROSS
(2) COL. GRAY OF NUNRAW
(3) A.C. RAMSAY
(4) DR. HENRY HAY
Pages 166 – 170

1930-31 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol 2 Pt III

MAJOR WILLIAM ARTHUR BAIRD (with illustration)
BY MARSHALL B. LANG 179

THE INCORPORATION OF HAMMERMEN OF HADDINGTON (Part Two) continued from page 111 BY JAMES H. JAMIE SON 182

INSIGNIA OF THE INCORPORATED TRADES OF HADDINGTON (with illustration) BY JAMES H. JAMIESON 204

BIEL HOUSE 207

SIR J. ARTHUR THOMSON (with illustration)
BY HUGH HANNAH 213

HISTORICAL NOTES OF PLACES VISITED BY THE
SOCIETY 221
BIEL HOUSE (See page 207)
DUNBAR 221
PRESTONPANS 222
GULLANE CHURCH 223
SALTCOATS CASTLE 225
STENTON (1) WELL OF THE HOLY ROOD 231
(2) ANCIENT CHURCHES OF PITCOX A.ND
STENTON 233
DALMENY CHURCH 235
CARMELITE PRIORY, SOUTH QUEENSFERRY 236
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA.:- 237
(1) WILLIAM SIMPSON CURR, J.P. 237
(2) JAMES HEW AT CRAW 238
(3) REV. JAMES CROCKET M.A., B.Sc. 239

1934-38 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol III

ANCIENT DOVECOTS OF EAST LOTHIAN: A SURVEY
Pages 1 – 22

SOME NOTES ON OLD DUNBAR
T. Wilson Fish, J.P., F.S.A.Scot.
Pages 23 – 27

REDHOUSE AND ITS OWNERS
J. D. Finlayson
Pages 28 – 39

FAST CASTLE: ITS ROMANTIC STORY
John Russell, F.S.A.Scot.
Pages 40 – 48

JOHN KNOX AND EAST LOTHIAN
James H. Jamieson, F.S.A.Scot.

WHITTINGEHAME TOWER
Very Rev. Marshall B. Lang, D.D.
Pages 80 – 93

DIRLETON: ITS CASTLE, PARISH CHURCH, CHAPELS AND COLLEGE
W. Douglas Simpson, D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot.
Pages 94 – 111

THE “LAMP OF LOTHIAN”: PARISH OR FRIARY CHURCH
James H. Jamieson, F.S.A.Scot.
Pages 112 – 119

THE FALLS OF DUNBAR: A NOTABLE SCOTS FAMILY
W. Forbes Gray, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Scot.
Pages 120 – 141

THE BELL OF SAMUELSTON AND ITS DONORS
A. Cameron Smith
Pages 142 – 150

A HADDINGTON BOAT
Pages 151 – 152

1948 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol IV

HAILES CASTLE W. Douglas Simpson, D.Litt., F.S.A., F.S.A.(Scot.)
Pages 1 – 10

THE COLLEGIATE CHURCHES OF EAST LOTHIAN
Rev. D. E. Easson, B.D., Ph.D.
Pages 11 – 18

COLSTOUN: THE STORY OF A SCOTS BARONY
Edith C. Broun Lindsay
Pages 19 – 33

THE JOHNSTONES OF ELPHINSTONE
Rev. James Bulloch, B.D., F.S.A.(Scot.)
Pages 34 – 50

THE BASS ROCK IN HISTORY
W. Forbes Gray, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.(Scot.)
Pages 51 – 68

DAVID CALDERWOOD: HISTORIAN OF THE KIRK
Rev. W. Y. Whitehead, Ph.D., F.S.A.(Scot.)
Pages 69 – 74

HADDINGTON DOCUMENTS IN REGISTER HOUSE
Pages 75 – 84

1952 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol V

THE CISTERCIAN NUNNERY OF ST. MARY, HADDINGTON –
NOTE ON SITE
Jas. H. Jamieson, F.S.A. (Scot.)
Page 1

HISTORY (I)
Rev. D. E. Easson, B.D., Ph.D.
Pages 2 – 12

HISTORY (II)
Gordon Donaldson, Ph.D.
Pages 12 – 24

AN XVIth CENTURY BOUNDARY PERAMBULATION
Robert Waterston
Pages 25 – 38

THE FORRESTS OF GIMMERSMILLS, AND THEIR CHARTER CHEST
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 39 – 49

A NOTE ON AN ALTAR IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HADDINGTON
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 50 – 51

YESTER CASTLE
W. Douglas Simpson, D.Litt., F.S.A. (Scot.)
Pages 52 – 58

DOVECOTS
A. Niven Robertson, M.D.
Pages 59 – 66

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HADDINGTON
Pages 67 – 80

1955 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol VI

THE DEATHBED DISPOSITIONS OF ELIZABETH PRIORESS
OF THE ABBEY OF HADDINGTON
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 1 – 5

LONGNIDDRY IN TRANSITION (1778 – 1798)
Betty M. W. Third, Ph.D
Pages 6 – 8

THE MEDIEVAL HOSPITALS OF HADDINGTON
D. E. Easson, Ph.D., D.D.
Pages 9 -18

CHARTER OF ROBERT I, 1318
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 19 – 21

NOTES ON THE REPUTATION OF SIR JOHN HEPBURN IN FRANCE
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 22 – 30

BOTHANS OR ST. BOTHANS?
D. E. Eassons, Ph.D., D.D.
Pages 31 – 33

NOTES ON HADDINGTON MUNICIPAL RECORDS AND OTHER
MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE BURGH
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 34 – 41

MARKET AND FAIR IN MEDIEVAL HADDINGTON
G. H. Burns, M.A., Ph.D.
Pages 42 – 43

CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
George Murray, M.A.
Pages 44 – 58

FURTHER RECORDS OF THE BARONY COURT OF COULSTON
Pages 59 – 70

1958 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol VII

BELLS OF HADDINGTON
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 1 – 8

THE BOORLAW BOOK OF YESTER AND GIFFORD
The Marquis of Tweeddale
Page 9 – 17

TANTALLON CASTLE
W. Douglas Simpson, O.B.E., D.Litt.
Pages 18 – 26

DUNBAR RECORDS
Alexander Montgomerie, M.A., C.I.E.
Pages 27 – 28

ICE HOUSES OF EAST LOTHIAN
A. Niven Robertson, M.D.
Pages 29 – 36

THE MEDIEVAL HOSPITALS OF EAST LOTHIAN
Dr. D. E. Easson, PH.D., D.D.
Pages 37 – 43

TIMOTHY PONT MAP OF TYNE VALLEY
Robert Waterston
Pages 44 – 45

HADDINGTON RECORDS: BOOKS OF THE COMMON GOOD
Henry M. Paton, M.A.
Pages 46 – 80

1960 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol VIII

DAYBOOK OF JAMES COKBURN, TREASURER, OF THE BURGH

OF HADDINGTON, 1574 – 75
John Imrie
Pages 1 – 38

EARLY EAST LOTHIAN CHARTERS
G. W. S. Barrow
Pages 39 – 45

ELECTIONEERING IN EAST LOTHIAN, 1836 – 37
Edith C. Broun Lindsay
Pages 46 – 60

THE PRE-REFORMATION PARISHES CHURCHES OF EAST LOTHIAN
Ian B. Cowan
Pages 61 – 69

CONFORMISTS AND NONCONFORMISTS
James Bulloch
Pages 70 – 84

THE BIRDS OF ABERLADY BAY NATURE RESERVE
Frank D. Hamilton and Keith S. Macgregor
Pages 85 – 117

1963 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol IX

THE RURAL ECONOMY OF EAST LOTHIAN IN THE 17th
AND 18th CENTURY
Alexander Fenton
Pages 1 – 23

BOTHANS KIRK
James Bulloch
Pages 24 – 40

INVENTORY OF THE RECORDS OF THE CRAFTS OF HADDINGTON
ALONG WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTE BOOK (1707 – 1761)
OF THE CORDINER CRAFT
George Murray
Pages 41 – 66

THE TRADE OF EAST LOTHIAN AT THE END OF THE 17th CENTURY
T. C. Smout
Pages 67 – 78

RECORDS OF LORD BELHAVEN’S SERVANTS’ WAGES AT BIEL
FROM 1753 – 1766
George Murray
Pages 79 – 89

SCHOOLS IN THE PRESBYTERY OF HADDINGTON IN THE
17th CENTURY
D. J. Withrington
Pages 90 – 111

1966 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol X

SCHOOL EXERCISES OF THE 17th CENTURY FROM PRESTONPANS
W. F. Arbuckle
Pages 1 – 16

A NOTE ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE MILITARY IN
HADDINGTON, 1831
G. B. A. M. Finlayson
Pages 17 – 21

THE BEGBIE FARM ACCOUNT BOOK 1729 – 70
Alexander Fenton
Pages 22 – 31

TRANSCRIPT OF THE BEGBIE FARM ACCOUNT BOOK
Pages 32 – 54

LIST OF REFERENCES TO THE PRE-REFORMATION ALTARAGES
IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HADDINGTON
Barbara L. H. Horn
Pages 55 – 91

PRESTONGRANGE AND ITS PAINTED CEILING:
PART I – HISTORY
George Murray
Pages 92 – 100

PART II – ARCHITECTURE
M. R. Apted
Pages 100 – 110

PART III – THE PAINTINGS
Ian Hodkinson
Pages 110 – 132

1968 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XI

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM C. TAYLOR
Page ii

THE LATE MR. JAMES ANNAND
Page iii

ACCOUNT OF LOSSES OF THE BURGH OF DUNBAR IN 1651
F. F. Roberts
Pages 1 – 11

THE ARMORIAL PANELS OF DUNBAR TOWN HOUSE
Hugh Mackay
Pages 12 – 16

CUSTOMHOUSE LETTERS TO THE OFFICERS AT DUNBAR, 1765
T. C. Smout
Pages 17 – 36

THE CONSERVATIVES IN THE HADDINGTON DISTRICT OF
BURGHS, 1832 – 1852
J. I. Brash
Pages 37 – 70

THE MEIKLE THRESHING MILL AT BELTONDOD
N. Cartwright
Pages 71 – 80

1970 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XII

THE LATE GEORGE MURRAY
Page ii

THE LATE Dr. JAMES SMITH RICHARDSON
Pages iii – iv

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TRAPRAIN LAW
R. W. Feachem
Pages 1 – 4

THE POLICE FORCE OF EAST LOTHIAN 1832 – 1950
B. C. Skinner
Pages 5 – 21

ANCIENT DOVECOTES OF EAST LOTHIAN
T. C. Martine
Pages 22 – 27

NEWHOUSE AND THE FAMILY OF SAWERS
W. E. Calton
Pages 28 – 31

THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN SCOTLAND, 1842
Edited by Edith C. Broun Lindsay
Pages 32 – 45

ARCHIBALD SKIRVING AND HIS WORK
B. C. Skinner
Pages 46 – 56

OLD HADDINGTON
Edited by T. C. Martine
Pages 57 – 60

SHORTER NOTICES :-

A TOMB- SLAB IN GULLANE CHURCH
A. & M. Ryan
Page 61 – 63

THE MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION TO EX-PROVOST SETON AT THE
CHURCH OF ST. MARY, HADDINGTON
I. R. Macaskill
Pages 63 – 66

1972 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XIII

LONG CIST GRAVES FOUND ON No. 3 GOLF COURSE, GULLANE,
EAST LOTHIAN
Audrey Henshall and M. J. Mountain
Pages 1 – 2

THE GULLANE LINKS AND OTHER SCOTTISH LONG CIST
SKELETONS
Michael Walker
Pages 3 – 6

THE POETRY OF SIR RICHARD MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON
Alastair A. MacDonald
Pages 7 – 19

THE BUILDING OF YESTER HOUSE 1670 – 1878
John G. Dunbar
Pages 20 – 42

THREE EAST LOTHIAN PIONEERS OF ADULT EDUCATION
John M. Simpson
Pages 43 – 60

QUEEN VICTORIA IN SCOTLAND, 1842, EXTRACTS FROM THE
DIARY OF LORD DALHOUSIE, PART II
Edited by Edith C. Broun Lindsay
Pages 61 – 76

THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE GIFFORD AND GARVALD
LIGHT RAILWAY
Ian H. Adams
Pages 77 – 96

1974 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XIV

THE KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBRIA AND THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE VOTADINI
D. P. Kirby
Pages 1 – 13

A PARISH AND ITS POOR. YESTER IN THE SECOND HALF OF
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Rosalind Mitchison
Pages 15 – 28

THE BELL INN AND THE FAIRBAIRNS OF HADDINGTON
Margaret Elliot
Pages 29 – 36

THE TRANENT MILITIA RIOT OF 1797
Kenneth J. Logue
Pages 37 – 61

HADDINGTON BURGH SCHOOLS AND THE REV. WILLIAM WHYTE
Irene MacDonald
Pages 63 – 66

NOTES AND REVIEWS
AN EAST LOTHIAN TRAGEDY
A note by T. C. Martine
Pages 67 – 69

J. N. G. AND A. RITCHIE: EDINBURGH AND SOUTH EAST
SCOTLAND
A review by Ian Ralston
Pages 71 – 77

1976 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XV

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF A COASTAL AREA
OF EAST LOTHIAN AT TORNESS, INNERWICK
Roger Mercer
Pages 1 – 23

A GROUP OF POST-MEDIAEVAL NOBLE BURIALS AT
HADDINGTON
David H. Caldwell
Pages 25 – 37

GRAIN PRODUCTION IN EAST LOTHIAN IN THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY
Ian D. Whyte
Pages 39 – 47

SALTOUN BLEACHFIELD 1746 – 1773
Alastair J. Durie
Pages 49 – 74

THE DIVISION OF DUNBAR COMMON
I. H. Adam
Pages 75 – 86

TWO NOTES: THE CORDINER CRAFT AND HADDINGTON’S
FIRST FIRE ENGINE
J. Norman Cartwright
Pages 87 – 96

1979 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XVI

A BEAKER CIST AT SKATERAW, EAST LOTHIAN
Joanna Close-Brookes
Pages 1 – 6

LONG CISTS AT DRYBURN RIDGE, NEAR DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN
Joanna Close-Brookes
Pages 7 – 14

THE EAST LOTHIAN GRAIN TRADE 1660 – 1707
Ian Whyte
Pages 15 – 24

THE DIVISION OF THE RUNRIGS OF TRANENT
I. H. Adams
Pages 25 – 36

DEATH IN TRANENT 1754 – 81
Rosalind Mitchison
Pages 37 – 48

THE DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN EAST LOTHIAN
AFTER THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
T. M. Devine
Pages 49 – 61

WILLIAM BROOKS, EAST END OF MUSSELBURGH
Pages 63 – 65

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE ABERLADY, GULLANE
AND NORTH BERWICK RAILWAY
P. A. Furley
Pages 67 – 72

1982 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XVII

IN MEMORIAM NOTICES:
GEORGE WATERSON
LADY BROUN LINDSAY

THE BETHLEHEMITE HOSPITAL OF ST. GERMAINS,
EAST LOTHIAN
Alan Macquarrie
Pages 1 – 10

‘SEMPLE’ OR ‘SIMPLE’? ADAM WALLACE AN EAST LOTHIAN MARTYR
I. A . Muirhead
Pages 11 – 27

THE HOPE FAMILY IN EAST LOTHIAN
Basil C. Skinner
Pages 29 – 36

THE ‘CHINESE BRIDGE’ AT HADDINGTON
Charles Martine
Pages 37 – 38

‘BEATING THE LIEGES’: THE MILITARY RIOT AT RAVENSHAUGH
TOLL ON 5 OCTOBER 1760
Alexander Murdoch
Pages 39 – 47

THE AGRICULTURE OF SOUTH-EASTERN SCOTLAND IN THE
MID-NINETEEENTH CENTURY
J. Phillip Dodd
Pages 49 – 63

1984 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XVIII

DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LONG HISTORY OF
COAL MINING IN EAST LOTHIAN
David Spence
Pages 1 – 3

THE ORIGINS OF GIFFORD
John H. Simpson
Pages 5 – 21

THE EARLY PRINTED MAPS OF EAST LOTHIAN, 1630 – 1848
John N. Moore
Pages 23 – 42

BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS: HADDINGTON IN THE MID-SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY
Rab Houston
Pages 43 – 44

A SALTWORK AND THE COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF WINTON,
1716 – 1719
C. A. Whatley
Pages 45 – 59

LONGYESTER FARM AND THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
IN EAST LOTHIAN
Harry D. Watson
Pages 61 – 67

1987 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XIX

TWO CASES FROM THE BARON COURTS OF DIRLETON
Georgina Burns
Pages 1 – 3

MARRIAGE AND MOBILITY IN EAST LOTHIAN IN THE
SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Ian D. Whyte
Pages 5 – 15

EAST LOTHIAN AS INNOVATOR IN THE OLD POR LAW
Rosalind Mitchison
Pages 17 – 29

THE DECLINE OF MARITAL FERTILITY IN EAST LOTHIAN
Donald J. Morse
Pages 31 – 47

PRESTONPANS: WATER, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
James McKenzie
Pages 49 – 65

THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD CASTLE, EAST SALTOUN,
1979 – 81
Rachel A. Hedderwick
Pages 67 – 70

EGYPT ITSELF: THE CAREER OF ROBERT HAY, ESQUIRE, OF
LINPLUM AND NUNRAW, 1799 – 1863, by Selwyn Tillett; Review
S. Bunyan
Page 71

1988 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XX

WRITINGS RELATING TO THE RUINS OF THE OLD CHURCH
OF ST. ANDREW IN GULLANE
A. M. Mitchell
Pages 1 – 10

TOGETHER LIKE A HORSE AND CARRIAGE
David Moody
Pages 11 – 20

THE KILLING OF GEORGE WOOD AT TRANENT, 3 APRIL 1757
Alexander Murdoch
Pages 21 – 32

WATER POWER AND RURAL INDUSTRY IN EAST LOTHIAN
John P. Shaw
Pages 33 – 58

BALLENCRIEFF: A TENANT’S OPPOSITION TO LAND SETTLEMENT
Leah Leneman
Pages 59 – 63

1991 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXI

NOTES FOR THE SOCIETY’S EXCURSION TO MANSIONS
AROUND HADDINGTON
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 1 – 8

EAST LOTHIAN GRAVEYARDS
Islay M. Donaldson
Pages 9 – 31

THE STEPHENSONS OF LONGYESTER: AN EAST LOTHIAN
FARMING DYNASTY
Harry D. Watson
Pages 33 – 42

KIRKHILL HOUSE, DUNBAR
Herbert Coutts
Pages 43 – 52

THE EPISCOPAL TRADITION IN EAST LOTHIAN
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 53 – 62

PRESTON MILL: A REASSESSMENT
G. J. Douglas
Pages 63 – 74

SUFFRAGETTES AND THE BURNING OF WHITEKIRK CHURCH
Leah Leneman
Pages 75 – 80

NON-RIGID AIRSHIPS AT EAST FORTUNE DURING WORLD WAR ONE
Ian T. Bunyan
Pages 81 – 88

1991 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Cumulative Index 1974-1991

1993 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXII

OBITUARY: SIR DAVID OGILVY, Bt
Page v

BELTONFORD PAPER MILL AND THE ANNANDALE FAMILY
FROM A PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
Ally Knox
Pages 1 – 21

CROP YIELDS ON THE MAINS OF YESTER 1698 – 1753
Ian D. Whyte
Pages 23 – 30

EXCAVATIONS AT CASTLE PARK, DUNBAR: AN INTERIM REPORT ON
THE ANGLIAN EVIDENCE
Philip Holdsworth
Pages 31 – 52

ANGLIAN CROSS FRAGMENTS FOUND IN EAST LOTHIAN
Rennie Weatherhead
Pages 53 – 61

SAMUEL SMILES AND VICTORIAN VALUES: A JOURNEY FROM
HADDINGTON TO LEEDS AND LONDON
R. J. Morris
Pages 63 – 80

“FROM AGREEABLE TO FASHIONABLE”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF
COASTAL TOURISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY EAST LOTHIAN
Alastair J. Durie
Pages 81 – 100

EAST FORTUNE IN WORLD WAR II
Ian T. Bunyan
Pages 101 – 104

1996 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXIII

EXCAVATIONS AT FISHER’S ROAD, PORT SETON, EAST LOTHIAN
Colin Haselgrove and Roderick McCullagh
Pages 1 – 12

THE HISTORY OF YESTER CHURCH
John H. Simpson
Pages 13 – 34

COCKENZIE AND PORT SETON: FROM VILLAGE TO BURGH 1860 – 1914
Jimmy Hogg
Pages 35 – 44

THE ATHELSTANEFORD CASE
Rosalind Mitchison
Pages 45 – 47

EAST LOTHIAN FIELD NAMES: SOME RESEARCHES INTO PAST AND
PRESENT NAMES
David Sydeserff
Pages 49 – 85

BOLTON PARISH LIBRARY AND OTHERS: THE RECORD OF A LOST RESOURCE
Norman D. H. Murphy
Pages 87 – 104

BREWING IN THE NUNGATE AND HADDINGTON DURING THE 19th
AND 20th CENTURY
Jean H. Shirlaw
Pages 105 – 111

A SHY LADY AND HER ESTATES: A STUDY OF THE HON. M. G. CONSTANCE
NISBET HAMILTON OGILVY 1843 – 1920
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 113 – 129

2000 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXIV

JOHN MUIR BIRTHPLACE, DUNBAR
David Anderson
Pages 1 – 7

THE HEPBURNS OF KINGSTON
David Sydeserff
Pages 9 – 22

ST. BEY AND HER WELL AT DUNBAR
Rennie Weatherhead
Pages 23 – 26

BALDRED – THE RECORDED FACTS AND HIS ‘MIRACLES’
TOLD IN ALCUIN’S YORK POEM
Rennie Weatherhead
Pages 27 – 28

POTTERS AT MORRISON’S HAVEN c1750 – 1833 AND THE GORDONS
AT BANKFOOT 1795 – 1840
Jean Shirlaw
Pages 29 – 37

THE GLASSWORKS AT MORRISON’S HAVEN
Jean Shirlaw
Pages 39 – 40

POOR RELIEF IN NORTH WALES AND EAST LOTHIAN: A COMPARISON
OF THE EAST LOTHIAN COMBINATION POORHOUSE AND THE BANGOR
AND BEAUMARIS UNION WORKHOUSE, 1865 – 1885
Jean Lindsay
Pages 41 – 66

THE FLETCHERS OF SALTOUN
Stephen Bunyan
pages 67 – 76

2002 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXV

THE HILL AT THE EMPIRE’S EDGE: RECENT WORK ON TRAPRAIN LAW
Ian Armit, Andrew Dunwell & Fraser Hunter
Pages 1 – 11

DAVID AND ALEXANDER FORREST AND THEIR PART IN THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION
Martin A. Forrest
Pages 13 – 24

THE OWNERS AND SUPERIORS OF THE LANDS OF ELVINGSTON
Jean Shirlaw
Pages 25 – 32

THE FEEING MARKET OR HIRING FAIR IN EAST LOTHIAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Jean Lindsay
Pages 33 – 59

JAMES BALFOUR OF WHITTINGHAM AND BALGONIE
David Affleck
Pages 61 – 79

TRANENT TOWER
David Sydeserff
Pages 81 – 88

THE DUNBAR LIFEBOAT
David Anderson
Page 89 – 113

2006 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXVI

PRESTONPANS IN THE IRON AGE:
EXCAVATIONS AT WEST LOAN, 2003
Elizabeth Jones
Pages 1 – 13

THE LUFFNESS MYSTERY MAN
Chris Tabraham
Pages 15 – 24

REDISCOVERING DUNBAR’S TOWN WALL
EXCAVATIONS AT LAWSON PLACE, 2001 – 2
Stuart Mitchell, Ian Suddaby, & Tim Neighbour
Pages 25 – 40

MANAGING THE WOODLANDS OF EAST LOTHIAN, 1585 – 1765
T. C. Smout
Pages 41 – 53

GENERAL SIR DAVID BAIRD AND THE BAIRDS OF NEWBYTH HOUSE
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 55 – 68

A SNAPSHOT OF LIFE AT SALTOUN HALL GARDENS IN THE 1890s
BOBBIE CLARK’S PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM
Kathy Fairweather
Pages 69 – 101

2008 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXVII

ANCIENT ELBOTLE UNEARTHED
Jenni Morrison, Richard Oram & Fay Oliver
Pages 21-45

BALLENCRIEFF. RARE JACOBEAN CEILING
Chris Tabraham & Peter Laing Gillies
Pages 73-85

CROPMARKS AND AERIAL SURVEYS OF EAST LOTHIAN
D.C. Cowley
Pages 1-19

DIRLETON RADAR STATION
Timothy G. Holden & Ian Brown
Pages 117-130

MEDIEVAL NORTH BERWICK. FORTH STREET
Stuart Mitchell
Pages 47-71

SIR GEORGE BUCHAN-HEPBURN OF SMEATON
David K Affleck
Pages 107-115

THE SECOND LORD BELHAVEN AND THE TREATY OF UNION
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 87-106

2010 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXVIII

ANDREW MEIKLE 1719 – 1811, BI-CENTENARY OF, CIVIL ENGINEER AND MILLWRIGHT
William & Joy Dodd
Pages 43-77

EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH, KT, OBITUARY, 1912 – 2008
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 1-3

HORTICULTURAL SIR JOHN, AND THE EAST LOTHIAN CONNECTION
David K. Affleck
Pages 31-41

LEISURE AND THE WORKING CLASS IN EAST LOTHIAN IN THE LATE VICTORIAN AGE
Jean Lindsay
Pages 79-87

POTS AT THE PANS: WILLIAM LITTLER’S WEST PANS PORCELAIN FACTORY
George R. Haggarty
Pages 5-29

SIR FRANCIS REGINALD WINGATE, 1ST BARONET OF DUNBAR & PORT SUDAN, DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF EAST LOTHIAN
Stephen Bunyan
Pages 89-107

SOS PUFFIN: TREE MALLOW AND SEABIRD ISLANDS IN EAST LOTHIAN
John Hunt
Pages 109-128

2013 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXIX

OBITUARY: NORMAN CARTWRIGHT by STEPHEN BUNYAN
Page 1

‘AMIDST THE IVY THOU PERCEIV’ST A RUIN’: EXAMINING THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
OF ST ANDREW’S KIRK, GULLANE
by DIANA SPROAT
Page 5

LOST IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE OF BARO by STEPHANIE LEITH
Page 23

ANATOMY OF A JACOBEAN TOWER HOUSE: SURVEY AND EXCAVATION AT FENTON TOWER
by MICHAEL CRESSEY, DEREK ALEXANDER, KEVIN HICKS & IAN SUDDABY
Page 33

A COUNTY SET: THE HEPBURNS OF EAST LOTHIAN: A BRIEF OVERVIEW by DAVID K AFFLECK
Page 59

‘THE MOST SKILFUL AND SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURISTS’: THE RENNIES AT PHANTASSIE by WILLIAM & JOY DODD
Page 67

POTS AT THE PANS II: BELFIELD’S POTTERY, CUTTLE, PRESTONPANS by GEORGE R HAGGARTY
Page 103

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: COMMUNITY SELF-ESTEEM IN POST-INDUSTRIAL PRESTONPANS
by ARRAN JOHNSTON & GORDON PRESTOUNGRANGE
Page 127

APPENDICES  Page 145
Contents of the Transactions: Vol I (1924) – Vol XXVIII (2010) compiled by JOY DODD
Annual Reports of the Council of the Society
INDEX  Page 160

2015 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXX

‘A CONSIDERABLE ABBEY NOW SO ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED’: REDISCOVERING THE ABBEY OF ST MARY, HADDINGTON
by ERIC H GLENDINNING, JEAN McKINNON and JUDITH BALDRY
Page 1

‘A HARD HARNEST MAN’: THE ARMOUR OF GEORGE DUNBAR, 9th EARL OF MARCH
by Dr RALPH MOFFAT
Page 21

FROM ‘DOVECOT’ TO ‘APPLE HOUSE’: THE DOVECOT METAMORPHOSIS AT ST MARY’S PLEASANCE, HADDINGTON
by Dr ROGER KIRBY 39

‘BRITHER CURLER’: THE REV JOHN RAMSAY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF GLADSMUIR
CURLING CLUB
by DAVID K AFFLECK
Page 51

POTS AT THE PANS III: WILLIAM REID’S NEWBIGGING POTTERY, MUSSELBURGH
by GEORGE R HAGGARTY
Page 63

PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES II: BALLENCRIEFF: CASTLE OF DREAMS
by PETER LAING GILLIES
Page 91

A WARTIME LEGACY II:
TANTALLON AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRARED TECHNOLOGY
by Dr Ernest Putley
Page 115

APPENDIX
Annual Reports of the Council of the Society  Page 123
INDEX  Page 128

2017 ELAFN Soc Transactions Vol XXXI

AN ICONIC MONUMENT REVISITED: THE GOBLIN HA’ IN YESTER CASTLE
by KATHY FAIRWEATHER, BILL NIMMO & PETER RAMAGE    Page 1

THE TOWER HOUSE AS HOME: ELPHINSTONE TOWER: A CASE STUDY
by Dr ALLAN RUTHERFORD                                                        Page 22

ALTARS OUT: PULPITS IN!: THE FIRST POST-REFORMATION KIRKS IN EAST LOTHIAN
PART ONE: NEW BROOMS
by BILL DODD                                                                               Page 44

CLARET, COUNCILLORS AND CORRUPTION: THE HADDINGTON ELECTION OF 1753
by ERIC GLENDINNING                                                               Page 64

AN AUTHORITY ON AGRICULTURAL SUBJECTS: ROBERT BROWN OF MARKLE, 1756-1831
by JOY DODD                                                                                Page 82

FATHER AND SON: TWO GENERATIONS OF BAIRDS AT NEWBYTH
by DAVID K. AFFLECK                                                                  Page 105

SCOTLAND’S LARGEST WHEEL-THROWN POT: THE PRESTONPANS PUNCHBOWL
by GEORGE R. HAGGARTY                                                          Page 112

BOOK REVIEW: LIVING AND DYING AT AULDHAME
by ANNE CRONE, ERLAND HINDMARCH with ALEX WOOLF
review by CHRIS TABRAHAM                                                     Page 118

APPENDIX
Annual Reports of the Council of the Society                        Page 121

2019 ELA&FN Soc Transactions Vol XXXII

OBITUARY:SIR HEW FLEETWOOD HAMILTON-DALRYMPLE, 10TH BARONET, GCVO.
Vice President of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society 1989-2018
by STEPHEN BUNYAN
p1

GOING BACK IN TIME: RE-ASSESSMENT OF THE TIMBER HALLS AT DOON HILL, DUNBAR
by IAN RALSTON
p4

NEW THOUGHTS ON OLD PLACE-NAMES: TYNINGHAME AND WHITTINGEHAME
by ALAN JAMES
p28

TWO OLD ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES: HADDINGTON AND CLERKINGTON
by LIZ CURTIS
p36

A MEDIEVAL PALACE REVEALED: HADDINGTON’S HISTORIC ROYAL RESIDENCE
by HELEN ROBERTSON with CHRIS TABRAHAM
p42

DIGGING UP TANTALLON: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE CASTLE 1888–2014
by GORDON EWART and DENNIS GALLAGHER
p68

FROM OLD TO NEW: THE CREATION OF THE PRESENT VILLAGE OF TYNINGHAME
by JOY DODD
p94

THE MONUMENT MAN: JAMES SMITH RICHARDSON, 1883–1970
by DAVID RICHARDSON, DAVID BREEZE, AILSA FORTUNE and CHRIS TABRAHAM
p112

APPENDIX:
Annual Reports of the Council of the Society
p142