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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Yester like this:
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.
Yester is now part of EAST LOTHIAN Council. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST LOTHIAN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yester itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yester in East Lothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16497
Date accessed: 06th December 2025
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