Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . NEW EDINBURGH. [DudJingston. hills around glistening in the sun, the ring of theice, tlie shouts of the careering youth, tlie rattleof the curling-stones, and the shouts of the players,once heard and seen, would never be forgotten. It was to Duddingston, in 1736, that the fugi-tive, Geordie Robertson, the stabler at BristoPort, after effecting that escape from St. GilessChurch by the generous courage of AVilson, whichled to the catastrophe of the Porteous mob, andafter passing through the East Cross Causeway, Not far fr
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . NEW EDINBURGH. [DudJingston. hills around glistening in the sun, the ring of theice, tlie shouts of the careering youth, tlie rattleof the curling-stones, and the shouts of the players,once heard and seen, would never be forgotten. It was to Duddingston, in 1736, that the fugi-tive, Geordie Robertson, the stabler at BristoPort, after effecting that escape from St. GilessChurch by the generous courage of AVilson, whichled to the catastrophe of the Porteous mob, andafter passing through the East Cross Causeway, Not far from it, and nearly opposite the gate ofthe Manor House, stood for ages a memorablethorn, known as Queen Marys Tree. It was oneof the oldest in Scotland, and of great proportions,being over nine feet in circumference. It fonnerlystood within the park, but on widening the carriage-way, it remained outside, and man) fissures beingfound in its root, they were filled up with limeand stone by order of the road trustees ; but toolate: a storm in 1840 tore it up by the roots. A. lUUDINGilON LOCH. took his breathless flight. When reaching the vil-lage, he fainted from exhaustion, but after receivingsome refreshment—the first he had obtained forthree days—he procured a horse, rode away, andwas never heard of again. Western Duddingston, at the north end of theloch, was once a populous village, wherein someforty looms were at work in the Loan, makinga coarse linen stuff, then known as Duddingstonhardings. It is surrounded by gardens andplantations, and in it is still .shown the house inwhich Prince Charles slept, with his staff, on thenight before he marched to Prestonpans. It wasthen thatched, but has now a tiled roof, and con-sists of two stor jvs. well-known and justly-reputed statist, who residedin the neighbourhood, ascertained that the Dud-dingston Thorn existed so far back as the reignof Alexander I. (1107), when it was one of thelandmarks of the property on which it grew. Itis m
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