Gladsmuir, East Lothian : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Gladsmuir. You may be able to find further references to Gladsmuir in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Gladsmuir parish Bartholomew
Gladsmuir a village and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Gladsmuir.

Place Type of entry Source
Elvingston an estate, with a mansion Groome
Elvingston seat Bartholomew
Harelaw Limeworks Bartholomew
Hodges a farm Groome
Hodges farm Bartholomew
Longniddry a village Groome
Longniddry village Bartholomew
Macmerry village with railway station Bartholomew
Macmerry a village, with a post office and iron-works Groome
Pension colliery village Bartholomew
Penston a collier village Groome
Samuelston village Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Penston 0 1
Longniddry 0 2
Seton 4 2
Pencaitland 0 2
Tranent 0 2
Saltoun 0 2
Ormiston 2 2
Haddington 10 2
Cockenzie 2 2
Bolton 0 2
Elphinstone 0 2
Aberlady 1 2
Prestonpans 8 4
Drem 0 2
Morrisons Haven 0 2
Athelstaneford 1 2
Keith 0 2
Cousland 0 2
Gifford 0 2
Morham 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Gladsmuir. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GLADSMUIR John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.