Yester House
Yester House is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s.Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yester Castle and Yester Parish Church.
Yester Castle
Castle
Photo: Brendandh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yester Castle is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of the village of Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' or Hobgoblin Ha'. Yester Castle is situated 1 mile east of Yester House.
Yester Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yester Parish Church is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The village forms part of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun parish, and is a linked charge with Humbie Parish Church. Yester Parish Church is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Yester House.
Black Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Castle, East Lothian is an Iron Age hillfort with a number of defensive banks, located 5 kilometres south-east of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. Black Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Yester House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gifford and Bolton.
Gifford
Village
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of Haddington and 25 miles east of Edinburgh. It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland.
Bolton
Hamlet
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton is a hamlet and the third smallest parish in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 2 miles south of Haddington and 20 miles east of Edinburgh, and is an entirely agricultural parish, 6 miles long by about 1.25 miles wide. Bolton is situated 3 miles northwest of Yester House.
Morham
Hamlet
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morham, East Lothian, sometimes spelt Moram, Morum, or Morhame in old records, is the smallest parish in Scotland, sandwiched between five other parishes: Haddington, Garvald, Yester, Whittingehame, and Prestonkirk, in the undulating lower reaches of the Lammermuir Hills. Morham is situated 3½ miles north of Yester House.
Yester House
- Type: Residential building
- Description: house in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Categories: house and building
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.89544° or 55° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.73152° or 2° 43′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7VV7W9+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 160629703OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialWikidata ID
Q8052940
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Yester House” goes by many names.
- French: “Yester House”
- German: “Yester House”
- Japanese: “イェスター・ハウス”
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