Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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    The church and village of Inveresk are near the confluence of the the river Esk with the Frith of Forth.  The name Inveresk signifires the mouth of the river.  Musselburgh is the chief town in the parish and gets its name from an extensive mussel bank which stretches out into the sea.  In ancient charters it is almost uniforml written ''muschelburg.''  In 1783 during some garden improvements near Inveresk House the foundations of various buildings were exposed at the depth of three or four feet.  A Roman bath of two rooms was traced.  The smaller was 9 feet by 4 1/2, the larger was 15 by 9.  There was a water source and a heat source found. All along the hill of Inveresk, Roman coins have been discovered.  Many other Roman artifacts have been found in the parish.  The parish registery begin in 1607 and have been kept pretty regularly since that period.  The penmanship of many of the early registers is curiously ornate and beautiful.  There has been injury to the bindings of several volumes.  The population in 1792 was 5392, and in 1831 it was 8961.  The land is used for cattle, sheep and the horses commonly used are of the Clydesdale breed. Corn and grass are also grown.  In the parish there is a lot of manufacturing including sail-cloth and hair-cloth, a distillery and tanneries.  In the Established Church there are 5876 members, in the Espiscopalians 153, the Relief 1468, in the Secession 789, the Independents 144, belonging to other denominations there are 112.  

'''Source:''' ''New Statistical Account of Scotland ''(FHL book 941 B4sa, series, 2 vol.1  

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