Gifford Common
Gifford Common is a recreation area in East Lothian, Scotland. Gifford Common is situated nearby to Yester Parish Church, as well as near Fair Green.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yester Parish Church and Yester Castle.
Yester Parish Church
Church
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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 1,600 feet southwest of Gifford Common.
Yester Castle
Castle
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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 1½ miles southeast of Gifford Common.
Yester House
Residential building
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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. Yester House is situated 1 mile southeast of Gifford Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gifford and Bolton.
Gifford
Village
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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
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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 2 miles northwest of Gifford Common.
Morham
Hamlet
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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 2½ miles northeast of Gifford Common.
Gifford Common
- Type: Common land
- Categories: recreation area and agricultural land
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.90711° or 55° 54′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.74028° or 2° 44′ 25″ westOperator
Feuars of GiffordOpen location code
9C7VW745+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 565040792OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmlandOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=common
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