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The village consists mainly of a broad Main Street, with a row of mostly two storey houses along each side. It crosses two bridges, one over the now redundant railway route, and the other a narrow bridge over the river Tyne. Using strict guidelines for its appearance, John
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Ormiston Hall lay to the south of the village. It was built for John
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551:and later
502:River Tyne
448:55°54′43″N
225:Population
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1396:Innerwick
1190:11 August
1164:13 August
1138:11 August
1062:11 August
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1027:Begg 1891
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918:Citations
770:cruciform
451:2°56′35″W
370:Ambulance
310:Post town
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1426:Ormiston
1416:Macmerry
1406:Kingston
1401:Inveresk
1361:Dirleton
1356:Carberry
1346:Belhaven
1331:Aberlady
941:31 March
901:See also
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639:spinning
631:artisans
592:James VI
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498:Cranston
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203:Ormiston
173:Ormiston
136:Ormiston
1441:Stenton
1386:Gifford
1381:Garvald
1315:Tranent
1290:Gullane
643:weaving
618:Tranent
574:History
545:Ormesby
529:Anglian
486:Tranent
314:TRANENT
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90:scholar
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647:hamlet
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1273:Towns
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553:Scots
336:01875
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1366:Drem
1192:2016
1166:2008
1140:2016
1108:ISBN
1083:ISBN
1064:2016
943:2022
894:yews
641:and
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