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Musselburgh

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"MUSSELBURGH, a post and market town, parliamentary burgh, burgh of regality, and bathing-place, in the parish of Inveresk, county Edinburgh, Scotland, 2½ miles E.S.E. of Portobello, 4 N.E. of Dalkeith, and 5½ E. by S. of Edinburgh. It is a station on the Edinburgh, Portobello, Musselburgh, and Eskbank branch of the North British railway. It stands on the right bank and near the mouth of the river Esk, in a fertile spot, about 3 furlongs S. of the Frith of Forth, from which it is divided by the sandy downs called Musselburgh Links."

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Musselburgh from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Genealogy

Records relating to the Parish of Inveresk & the Burgh of Musselburgh - a comprehensive collection provided by John Robertson.

 

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Maps

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