Old Photographs Of Pencaitland East Lothian Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Pencaitland, a village in East Lothian, about 12 miles south east of Edinburgh, 5 miles south west of Haddington, and 1 mile east of Ormiston. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Calum Cormack in 1169, who gave the church, with the tithes and other property belonging to it, to the monks of Kelso, in whose possession it remained till a short time prior to the accession of King Robert Bruce. The land subsequently became the property of a younger branch of the Maxwell family, who granted the advowson and tithes to the monks of Dryburgh Abbey, who held them until the Reformation. The Seton family were granted lands in East Lothian, including Winton, by King David I of Scotland in 1150. In the ensuing years the estate has passed through the hands of several eminent families. The origins of the winton house date from 1480 when George, 4th Lord Seton, commenced the building of Wintoun Castle, a tower standing 4 stories high, surrounded by a defensive curtain wall. During the War of the Rough Wooing in 1544, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, all but destroyed the original Wintoun Castle after bombardment and burning. The Pencaitland parish Church of Scotland, at Easter Pencaitland, is apparently of the 16th or early 17th century, but probably standing on medieval foundations. Reverend Angus Makellar DD, was minister of Pencaitland and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1840 during his term as minister.

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