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CONTENTS.
PART I—DUDDINGSTON.
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| Introduction.—General Description.—Origin of Name.—Early Settlers.—Caledonians.—Romans.—Duddingston; supposed site of a Lake Village.—Ancient Remains.—Sepulchral Urns. | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Early Agricultural State of Parish.—Population.—Domestic Life.— The Commons.—Primitive Dwellings.—Froissart's Account.— Feudal Superiors.—Kelso Abbey.—Coal and Salt Works.— Slavery.—Joppa Salt Pans.— Smuggling.—The Early Coal Pits.—Hugh Miller on the Old Coal Workings.—Brickworks and Quarries.—Easter Duddingston.—The Coal Bearers. | 16 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Lands and their Owners.— Geoffrey de Fressinglaye.—De Boscho.—The Murrays, Kers, and Lawsons.— Wauchope of Niddrie.—Old Feuds. | 41 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Families of Barton and Thomson.—The Scottish Navy of James IV. —The Great Michael.—Robert Barton.—Thomas Thomson,"Ypothecair."—Alexander Thomson and Margaret Preston of Craigmillar.—Sir Thomas Thomson.—Sir Patrick Thomson. | 51 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Brunstane House.—The Crichtons of Gilberton.-The Maitlands of Thirlestane.— Duke of Lauderdale.—Action against Sir James Dick of Prestonfield.—The Swans in Duddingston Loch.—The First Duke of Argyle.—Barony of Brunstane. | 63 |
