Old Photograph Church Gladsmuir Scotland

Old photograph of the old church in Gladsmuir near Tranent, Scotland. The name Gladsmuir stems from the Scots word gled, meaning a bird of prey, usually a buzzard, combined with muir; the Scots form of moor, thus Buzzard's Moor might loosely translate Gladsmuir into English. The philanthropist George Heriot, jeweller to James VI, King of Scots and founder of Heriot's Hospital, later George Heriot's School, in Edinburgh, was born in Gladsmuir. The old ruined kirk can still be seen and explored. The graveyard contains several graves from both world wars.



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