Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elphinstone

Elphinstone.-- mining vil., in par. and 2 miles SW. of Tranent, Haddingtonshire, pop. 597; Elphinstone Tower, of 14th or 15th century, is a well-preserved ruin.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "mining village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tranent Parish       East Lothian County
Place: Elphinstone

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