Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ormiston

Ormiston, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Haddingtonshire - par., 3444 ac., pop. 1026; vil., on river Tyne, 3 miles SE. of Tranent and 12 miles SE. of Edinburgh, pop. 378; P.O.; Rev. Robert Moffat, D.D. (1797-1883), the African missionary, was a native; Ormiston Hall is a seat of the Earl of Hopetoun.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ormiston Parish       East Lothian County
Place: Ormiston

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