Gifford

Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in , Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of Haddington and 25 miles east of . It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland.
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  • Type: Village with 700 residents
  • Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Gifford, East Lothian”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yester Parish Church and Yester Castle.

Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, , . The village forms part of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun parish, and is a linked charge with Humbie Parish Church.

Castle
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is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of the village of Gifford in , Scotland. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' or Hobgoblin Ha'. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gifford.

Residential building
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is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in , . It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolton and Morham.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and the third smallest parish in , Scotland. It lies approximately 2 miles south of Haddington and 20 miles east of , and is an entirely agricultural parish, 6 miles long by about 1.25 miles wide. is situated 2 miles northwest of Gifford.

Hamlet
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, , sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, , Yester, , and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the . is situated 3 miles northeast of Gifford.

Hamlet
is a small town just outside of Haddington, East Lothian. It has a population of 957. George Ker, laird of , supervised building work at the church of for James IV. His daughter Nichola Ker married Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Gifford.

Gifford

Latitude
55.903° or 55° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
-2.74721° or 2° 44′ 50″ west
Population
700
Elevation
377 feet (115 metres)
Open location code
9C7VW733+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 706591874
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648682
Wiki­data ID
Q5559899
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Gifford” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gifford”
  • Cebuano: “Gifford”
  • Dutch: “Gifford”
  • French: “Gifford”
  • German: “Gifford”
  • Irish: “Gifford”
  • Italian: “Gifford”
  • Japanese: “ギフォード”
  • Persian: “گیفورد، لوتیان شرقی”
  • Persian: “گیفورد”
  • Polish: “Gifford”
  • Russian: “Гиффорд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gifford”
  • Spanish: “Gifford”
  • Swedish: “Gifford, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Gifford”
  • Welsh: “Gifford”

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