OS1/11/2/22

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHURCH (Ruins of) [Gogar] Church (ruins of)
Chapel
George Manson
John Weststone
Sinclairs Stat. Acct vol. 14 P. 450
001 The ruins of an old church which was formerly occupied as a parish church with a graveyard which is still used as burying ground. The dimensions of the church is 30 feet by 20 feet. At the west end of the building are the remains of the belfry. The Holy water font is still to be seen in the grave yard. The building is quite roofless. The gables are still standing and part of the side walls.
GOGAR MAINS Gogar Mains George Neil
John Wallace
001 A farm house with offices, in good repair with a farm of 235 acres of land occupied by George Neil. The property of George Ramsay Esq, of Barnton

Continued entries/extra info

"There is in the parish another place but which appears never to have been used for the purpose since the reformation. it is a small chapel at Gogar which is now annexed to Corstorphine: there is a burying ground around it and which is still used for this purpose." Sinclairs Stat. Acct. vol 14, p. 450

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