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51 - Edinkens Bridge

[Note]
"A little to the South of InnerwicK
Castle, on the right of the OldhamstocK
Road, Slight remains are still visible
of a structure removed Some years ago,
Called EdinKens Bridge - a name
which has been traced, by conjecture or
tradition, to Edwin, King of Northumbria.
In a mortification, issued at the beginning
of the eighteenth Century, by William Nisbet
of Dirleton, as recorded in the KirK-session
booKs. This edifice is Called the Bridge of Edincain - a name which
almost exactly coincides with "EdinKens Bridge". In the course of the
succeeding Century, however, it is called in the Parochial registers King
Edward's Bridge; and in the former Statistical report of the Parish, it bears
the name of EdinKen's, which is there traced to that, not of Edwin, but
of Edward. Near this bridge there stood Some years ago, four large Stones
Such as might be Supposed to marK the grave of Some distinguished Person.
These were removed a considerable time ago but last year (1835) the place where
they stood was identified, and a subterranean examination instituled at
this spot. Besides a few small stones, which were found at the depth of four
feet - not enclosed, however, in any Kind of coffin; a large urn was discovered,
surrounded with blacK ashes, and containing a quantity of bones, very white,
and apparently burned. Among these was a small under jaw, as if of a
a female or young person. The urn, when found, was inverted, and its Situation was quite Shallow." &c. - Stat: acct of Hadd: [Statistical Account of Haddington] p. [Page] 242