Skateraw Farm D Rutherford Bowe + 5 bothies
+ 10 farm workers cottages:
- James Bryson, Grieve
- Alexander Fortune, ploughman
- George Gordon, gardener
- Alexander Rankin orraman
- John McCraw, tractorman
- empty
- Thomas Denholm, ploughman
- Robert Hogg, cattleman
- James Hislop, shepherd,
- Walter Fairbairn, orraman
- Peter Main, orraman
- Mrs Jemima Patterson, out worker
RNLI owned the Lifeboat Station at Skateraw; Biel & Dirleton Estates owned the house occupied by David Fairbairn, caretaker
Unworked Freestone Quarry at Thornton; owned by Biel & Dirleton Estates Ltd.
Thorntonloch
Houses, garage & garden and land
Owners: Thomas Grainger-Stewart [advocate, 35 Moray Place Edinburgh] & Catherine Emily Grainger-Stewart [spinster] of Thorntonloch
House [owners a/a] tenant Christopher Porteous, gardener
Smallholdings at Thorntonloch; the following all owned by the Secretary of State for Scotland; all tenants registered as smallholders
- house, land buildings John Jaffray + tenant’s wooden house
- land, buildings Andrew Hall Jaffray + tenant’s wooden house
- land, buildings Robert Martin Provan
- house, land, buildings Catherine Thorburn, widow
- house, land, buildings Agnes Gibson, married
- house, land, buildings John Macfarlane
- house, land, buildings Hugh AL Brown
- land William Durie
- land John Henry Fairbairn + tenant’s wooden house, occupied by John Wright, ploughman
- house, land, buildings James L Wood
- land, buildings George Durie
- land, buildings James Thorburn + wooden house owned and occupied by Catherine Thorburn, widow
- land, buildings Robert Brotherstone Thorburn
- land, buildings William Brown + tenant’s wooden house
- land, buildings David Kerr
- house, land, buildings Reps of the late George Porter + wooden house owned and occupied by Victoria Robertson, wife of William Robertson, 37 Featherhall Crescent, Edinburgh
- land, buildings William Smith, who also owned a shop and outhouse at Thorntonloch
- house, land, buildings William Black
- land, buildings Alexander Mackay + tenant’s glasshouse
- house, land, buildings Walter C Budge
- land, buildings Charles Cunningham Brown + wooden house owned and occupied by Charles Richards Ltd, 135 Restalrig Road, Edinburgh
- land, buildings Alistair I Patterson per Mrs Agnes Patterson
- house, land, buildings Hugh McKean
- house, land, buildings George Sanderson
- house, land, buildings Alexander Buglass + wooden house owned and occupied by James Swanson Ryrie, 20 Lassielaw Road, Edinburgh
- land, buildings David AJP Fairbairn
Also at Thorntonloch:
Workshop owned by William Durie, joiner Lochbridge, Innerwick, occupied by Durie & Mackay, joiners
At Thornton Mill
Laundry, house, garden and wooden house all owned by David Kerr
Crowhill Farm M Turnbull Simpson + 2 bothies
+ 11 farm workers cottages:
- John S Carnegie, grieve
- James Bathgate, chauffeur and gardener
- David Glass, tractor driver
- empty
- Thomas Sked, orraman
- Henry Bald, orraman
- George Porter, ploughman
- William Glass, orraman
- Peter Angus, ploughman
- James Hush, orraman
- John Glass, ploughman
2 Bothies – 1 empty
James McEwan, cattleman
Elmscleuch Farm
G W Pitcaithly; Mgt McLaren; Evelyn Elizabeth per GW Pitcaithly, Bridge of Earn. 2 houses occupied by owners.
1 bothy
One house occupied by John McKenzie, shepherd
Innerwick & Thorntonhill
(part of) James Hope, East Barns, Dunbar – owner and occupier
House at Braidwood occupied by James Miller, shepherd
House & garden at Gowrie Croft – owned by Alexander McInnes Runciman retired; also land at Thornton, tenant Mark Simpson, Crowhill
House & garden at Castledene, Thornton owned by Trustees of late Barbara F Dunlop, tenant Peter Patterson, master baker
Thurston Mansion House
Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter; named tenant Mrs E M Mitchell Innes, per prop agents [previously Mrs R Hunter]
+ 13 cottages.
Inhabitant & occupier:
- ‘Gardens’ William Aitcheson, gardener?
- ‘Gardens’ Adam Smith, gardener
- ‘East Lodge’ William Redden, forester
- ‘North Lodge’ John Ainslie, retired shepherd
- ‘Falsley Cottage’ George Cowie? under gamekeeper
- Dairy John Blakewell? forester?
- At Stables William Tod, joiner
- At Stables empty
- At Garage George Brooms? retired
- At Stables Thomas Thompson, policeman
- At Kennels George Brown, gamekeeper
- At Garage Robert Broomie? retired
Tenant & occupier
- At Kennels David Smith, retired
Temple Mains Farm
Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter; named tenant Mrs E M Mitchell Innes, per prop agents [previously Mrs R Hunter]
Tenant John Thorburn & Sons [James, William and Robert]
+ 3 houses:
inhabitant & occupier:
1 James Thorburn, farm worker
2 Hugh King, farm worker
4 James Haig, cattleman
tenant & occupier
3 John Thorburn, blacksmith
Thurston Home Farm
Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter; named tenant Mrs E M Mitchell Innes, per prop agents [previously Mrs R Hunter]
Tenant Walter Russell
+ 5 houses:
- Archibald Black, cattleman
- James Thompson, grieve
- William Murray orraman
- James Clooney, tractorman
- Walter Oliver, orraman
(3) Smithy Cottages:
- John Rutherford, estate overseer
- one empty, one used as offices
- 2 cottages at Birkie Muir, uninhabitable
There was a Sawmill at Thurston
Thurston Mains Farm
Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter; named tenant Mrs E M Mitchell Innes, per prop agents [previously Mrs R Hunter]
Tenant David Clunie Gregor
+ 10 houses:
Tenant & occupier
- George Burnet, rabbit catcher
Inhabitant & occupier:
- Robert Cockburn, Snr, orraman
- Thomas Paton, tractor driver
- John Newman, cattleman
- Robert Cockburn, ploughman
- John Denholm, orraman
- Emma F Knox, married servant
- John Brown, ploughman
- Peter Turnbull, ploughman
- Russell Mills, shepherd
Grieve’s House (at Steading) Peter Jaffray, grieve
Smithy Cottage William Paton, tractor driver
Stone Depot at Thurston Mains owned by East Lothian County Council (roads)
Woodhall Farm
Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter; named tenant Mrs E M Mitchell Innes, per prop agents [previously Mrs R Hunter]
Tenant Hamish Crichton
+ 10 houses
- empty
- George Stark, cattleman
- empty
- empty
- David Purves, ploughman
- John Anderson, tractorman
- Elizabeth Anderson, (spinster?), servant
- bothy
- Hugh Hislop, rabbit catcher
- Kenneth Crawford, tractor man
House at Wetherly William Ramage?, shepherd
Smithy empty
2 Houses at Branxton owned by William Christison, Snr of Branxton Farm
Tenant & occupier:
Ernest Culverwell, Lt RN
Walter H Bruford, professor (and garage)
Branxton Farm
Owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: William Christison, Snr farmer [half-year to Martinmas 1945]
Another house (unclear from VR) owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: William Christison, Mrs Mary H Christison, William Christison Jnr, and James Christison, farmers [half-year to Whitsunday 1946]
Another house owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: William Christison, Snr farmer
Inhabitant & occupier: James Christison, farm manager
Another house owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: William Christison, Snr farmer
Inhabitant & occupier: Richard Lauder, ploughman
Another house owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: William Christison, Snr farmer
Inhabitant & occupier: Alexander Thomson, shepherd
Birnieknowes (Part of)
Owned by Francis Usher, SC of Dunglass
Tenant & occupier: Chas Wm Sanderson
Aikengall
Owned by DR Bowe [Skateraw]
+ 6 houses
Inhabitant & occupier
- Farmhouse John Ainslie, shepherd
- Adam Wilson, grieve
- empty
- Thomas Ainslie, shepherd
- Ethel Miller, evacuee?
- empty
- bothy
- bothy
- bothy
Cocklaw
Owned & occupied by Agnes M Porter (part of) Upper Monynut owned by Col HF Grant-Suttie, curator bonis of Sir G Grant-Suttie of Pretongrange
Tenant & occupier: Trustees of Walter Elliot, ie Elizabeth Renwick Elliot, Francis Macpherson and Peter Brotherstone
Inhabitant & occupier: John McKechnie, shepherd
Bushelhill
Owned by John Thomson & Sons, farmers
+ 2 houses
Inhabitant & occupier: Robert Thomson, shepherd
Harehead Farm
[part of] owned by Col HF Grant-Suttie, curator bonis of Sir G Grant-Suttie of Prestongrange
Tenant & occupier: Trustees of Walter Elliot, ie Elizabeth Renwick Elliot, Francis Macpherson and Peter Brotherstone
+ 8 houses:
- Inhabitant & occupier
- Thomas Raeburn, foreman
- empty
- empty
- Ralph Willins ?, roadman
- John Webster, shepherd
- empty
Also a wooden house here, owned by Margaret Rogers, widow, of Morningside Drive, Edinburgh
Crichness
Owned by WR Morton & Mrs GM Morton
Tenant & occupier: John Allan, farmer
+ 2 houses
inhabitant & occupier
- Andrew Elliot, shepherd
- empty
North Manse and garden
DR Bowe
Tenant and occupier: Adam Lothian [Rabbit catcher]
North Church
DR Bowe
Tenant Rev AA Morrison (CofS)
House at Innerwick Station owned by LNER
Tenant & occupier Station Agent Adam Kerr
Ground for beehives LNER tenant Adam Kerr
House at Innerwick Station owned by LNER
Tenant & occupier John A Mack
Coal depot owned by LNER
Tenant & occupier Thomas Foggo, coal merchant
House at Skateraw Crossing owned by LNER
Inhabitant & occupier: Norman Shand, gatekeeper
Also waterworks and water mains
INNERWICK SPECIAL LIGHTING DISTRICT
Innerwick Farm owned by James Hope, East Barns, Dunbar
Tenant & occupier Janet T Gregor widow
Unclear from VR – another house – both this and farmhouse, JT Gregor given as tenant & occupier
+ 10 houses (inhabitant & occupier)
1 Robert Preston, grieve
2 William Stewart, orraman
3 William Scott, ploughman
4 Robert Brodie, ploughman
5 empty
empty
William Stewart, orraman
empty
empty
William Brodie, cattleman
Smithy David Fairbairn, blacksmith
Wooden shop, owned and run by David Fairbairn
Owned by Biel & Dirleton Estates
Tenant & occupier:
House & garden Peter Watson, farm servant
Old Schoolhouse George Guthrie, retired
Old School Margaret Black, widow
Also some land – poultry ground – Peter Patterson, baker
Owned by William Watt RAF per JE Patterson here
Burnside Cottage:
Tenant & occupier: John Edgar Patterson, baker
Owned by Mrs E M Mitchell Innes of Thurston Hall
Owned by the Trustees of Mr & Mrs Richard Hunter:
House, shop, bakehouse, stable & garden
Tenant & occupier: Peter Patterson, baker
Reading room no tenant given
Floral Cottage uninhabitable
House, shop, garden, stable, store James Torrie, grocer
House [Old Laundry] Thos Foggo coal merchant
House [Post Office], Temple Mains Isabella Tear, married, postmistress
2 houses, Templelands John Jones, labourer
Mary Barnett, widow
Houses – 1-7 The Terrace, condemned
East Lothian County Council
Council Houses (1924) Manse View – numbers 1-6
- James Purves, signalman
- Thomas Henderson,tailor
- Walter Patterson, baker
- Alexander Blair, railwayman
- John Hendrie, surfaceman
- ES Terry, spinster, shop assistant
Council Houses (1935) Manse View – numbers 7-13 and 15
- Thomas N Foggo, gardener
- Thomas Cove, railwayman
- John B Heggie, gardener
- John Anderson, roadman
- Peter N Patterson, ?
- David Fairbairn, blacksmith
- George Foggo, coalman
- no number 14
- Frank McGill, surfaceman
Public School
Schoolhouse David Downie, headmaster
House & garden James Watson, engine driver
Church of Scotland Trustees
Manse & garden
Parish Church
House, shop, stable and garden owned and occupied by Gertrude Emily Birrell, married
House & garden and workshop owned and occupied by Thomas F McLean, clerk, Alva Street, Edinburgh