William Littler in West Pans; His Marriage to Jane Booth
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Haggarty, George R
Gaskell, Tony
Date published
2022
Abstract
The hamlet of West Pans, 1 1/4miles east-north-east of Musselburgh on the south side of the Firth of Forth, included a rocky foreshore on which stood the saltpans from which the name is derived. However, it is not just salt production there from at least the 12th century, but the production of 17th-century glass and 18th- and 19th-century ceramics, which identify the area as one of Scotland's most important small industrial locations and the reason that Historic Scotland, as it was known at the time, designated the entire area a scheduled monument
Journal title
Scottish Pottery Historical Review
Volume
28
Publisher
Scottish Pottery Society
ISSN
0144-1302
Official URL
Rights statement
In Copyright