Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yester

Yester, par., Haddingtonshire, 8848 ac., pop. 924; the church is at Gifford, 4 miles SE. of Haddington; Yester House, seat of the Marquis of Tweeddale, on Gifford Water, is 1 mile SE. of Gifford vil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yester ScoP       East Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Yester

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