Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Tranent. You may be able to find further references to Tranent in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Tranent	a town and a parish	Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Tranent.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Bankton	a former mansion	Groome
Birsley	place with extensive colliery	Bartholomew
Birsley	a place	Groome
Cockenzie	a fishing village	Groome
Cockenzie	small seaport and fishing village	Bartholomew
Elphinstone	a collier village	Groome
Elphinstone	mining village	Bartholomew
Falside Castle	ruin	Bartholomew
Falside Castle	an ancient peel-tower	Groome
Portseaton	part of	Bartholomew
St Germains	a plain mansion	Groome
St Germains	seat	Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Prestonpans	4	4
Seton	0	2
Elphinstone	0	2
Cockenzie	0	2
Morrisons Haven	0	2
Ormiston	2	2
Penston	0	1
Pinkie	0	2
Longniddry	0	2
Cousland	0	2
Gladsmuir	0	2
Carberry	0	2
Inveresk	4	2
Pencaitland	0	2
Musselburgh	16	2
Smeaton	0	2
Cranston	1	2
Preston	0	2
Esk	0	2
Ford	0	2