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HADDIN GTONSHIRE,
SLATER'S
ABERLADY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
X HE parish of Aberlady lies b.e. on the south coast of the mouth I., in 1633, but the privilege or immunities conferred thereby are
of the Frith of Forth ; it is very fertile, and contains an area of not manifest in the present day. The Earl of Wemyss and March
six square miles. It is bounded on the south by Gladsmuir and is patron of the parish. The seat of this nobleman, Gosford House,
Haddington, and on the east also by the latter parish and Dirleton. stands nearly a mile south-west of the village. The edifice,
The beach here presents such facilities for the disembarkation of which is sun'ounded by beautiful enclosed grounds, contains a
an invading force, that in tbe course of the last war, when Britain \ valuable collection of rare paintings, which are shown in a liberal
was menaced with an invasion by France, serious apprehensions and courteous manner to visitors. About a inile from Aberlady,
were entertained by all the southern districts of Scotland, that the on the north-east, is Luflfness House, a mansion belonging to the
enterprising Bonaparte might have thought proper to select it as : Hon. Caroline Hope, built in 1549, as a fortification, by the French
one of the chief points of attack, in order to divide the opera- ! general de Thermes, for the purpose of aweing the garrison of
tions of the British. The village is situated 15 miles w. from Edin- j Haddington, then in tfae possession of the English. The parish
bugh, 5H w.N.w. from Haddington, and 4^ s. from Dirleton, at , church is a neat struclurc, and the public school a well-conducted
the head of a long, flat, san^y b^ach, and at the mouth of the small j institution. Acreage, 4,319. Population of the parish in 1871, 1,022,
river Peffer. James VI., by charter, erected this parish into an^ of the village, "47 7.
a temporal barony, which grant it is said was confirmed by Charles I
POST OFFICB* Abeblady, Alexander Cornelius Smith, Post Master.— IjetteiB from all parts arrive (from Longniddry) at
twenty minutes past nine morning, and Ihirty-five minutes past eight evening, and are despatched thereto at five minutes past six
morning, and five minutes before five evening. Sundays, five minutes before eight morning.
Money Order Office and Savings Bank.
The nearest Telegraph Office is at Brem.
SHOPKEEPERS, TRADERS, &c.
Anderson John, smith, LufFness
Bird Thomas, tailor and draper
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY,
The names without addresses are in
Aberlady.
Hope W. H. Esq. Lnffness t>, , T^ - 1 i i
M-Donald :vir. William S. factor to the Earl ' glac^ David, baker and grocer
of Wemyss and March, Craigielaw Brown James, baker and grocer
Nicol Rev. David, Aberlady " Brown Peter, joiner and builder
Somerville Hiss B. Luffness Mill ! Cfiirnside James, stpue mason, Bogle hill
Tait Rev. James H. The Manse ) Congalton John, collector of rates for Aber-
TrailtheMisses—, Aberlady Lodge \ lady, and inspector of poor for Aberlady
Wemyss and March the Right Hoo. tfee V>M\ , ^ ^^^ Athels Lane ford
of Gosford House " Craven Christina, draper and dressmaker
^ ^_ Dualop Andi'GW, shopkeeper
Dunn James, smith
Eeles William, flesher
Fraser Adam, stone mason
' Hutton James, master of public school, and
1 registrar of births, deaths and marriages
for Aberlady
Macdohald Clara, shopkeeper
Mitchell Peter, joiner and builder
Mowat George, shoemaker
Pringle Euphemia, shopkeeper
Punton Peter, maltster
Smith Cornelius, baker and grocer
Thomson James, market gardener
Welch Heni-y, grocer and spirit dealer
Welch Michael, grocer and draper
FARMERS.
Finlayson William, Red House
Punton Peter, Aberlady mains
Rankon J. S. BaUencrieff mains
Scott James E. Loch hill
Shirriff David, Muirtou
Sinclair David, Aberlady
Skirving James, Luffness mains
Tadrick James, Spittal, Aberlady
Wilson James, Balleucrieff
Wilson Wm. grocer and spirit dealer and
coal dealer
Wybar James, boot maker
PLACES OF WORSHIP
and their jmNisTi:itg.
Parish CH0HCH—Ile-VTr James H. Tait
United Presbyterian Chapel ^^ Rev
David Nicol
INNKEEPER AND VINTNER.
Clark John (Golf Hotel), Aberlady
Gas Works, Aberlady— Francis Mitchell, sec.
Volunteer Rifle Corps, 4th Aberlg,^y — ^,Q-eorge
Gaukroger, captain
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON THE NORTH BRITISH LINE.
Station, at Drem, about foui' miles distant—
L. Moir, station master
Station^ at Longniddry, three miles distant
— Jonathan Spark, station master
CARRIER.
To EDINBURGH, John Erotherton, Wednes-
day [day
To HADDINGTON, John Erotherton, Mo^.
ATHELSTANEFORD AND DREM.
AtHELSTANEFORD parish lies on the north-east boundary ot
Haddington, and is separated oflk±he north by Dirleton, from the
mouth of the Forth; the small village lies within 5^^; miles s.e.
from North Berwick, 5 s.e. from Aberlady, and 3 n.e. from Hadding-
ton. Drem, ^% miles distant, is a station on the North British
Line. It contains a neat and modern church, a parochial school,
and a brewery. The parish possesses considerable interest from
the circumstance of having as ministers snccessively, in the early
part of the last century, two men of eminent poetical genius— Blair,
author of " The Grave,' and Home, author of " Douglas," to whose
memory the inhabitants, assisted by the euljscriptions of others,
have erected a handsome monument in the centre of the village*
The manse occupied by the first mentioned stood opposite the pre-
sent modern manse, near the west end of the churchyard. The
site is now comprised in the minister's garden, where an applo tree
is pointed out as having stood close to the window of the poet's
study. On the author of *' Douglas" leaving his pastoral charge,
which he did from disgust at the proceediugs instituted against hinj
by the presbytery and kirk in general, for the pubhcatiou of so
secular a work, he built and retired to an elegant mansion in tbo
neighbourhood, still exhibited as a pattern of his taste. Drem is a
village in this parish. Population of the parish in 1371, 844.
POST OPPK JE, ATHELSTANEFORD, Mary Nicholson, Post ill(s ires s.— Letters from all parts arrive (from Drem) at fifteen
minutes past nine morning (Sundays eleven morning), and are despatched thereto at five; afternoon (Sundays twenty-five minutes past
two afternoon.)
The nearest Money Order Office is at Drem.
Post Office, Dreji, Agnes Hunter, Post Jyis^ress.—Letters arrive from Edinburgh, London, South, and all parts at twenty-five
minutes past eight morning ; from Edinburgh, North Berwick, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne at ten minutes past three afternoon; frdifi
Midland counties of England, and all parts, at thirty minutes past seven evening; and are despatched to Edinburgh and Haddington
at ten minutes before ten morning; to London and the South thii'ty minutes past two afternoon ; to North Berwick twenty minutes
before four afternoon; to Edinburgh and all parts ten minutes past six evening.
Money Order and Telegraph O^ce and Savings Bank.
The names without addresses are in Athelstaneford.
(^ENTE-y &i .CLERGy.
Hill Wflldren, Esq. KUduff '
Kiuloch Sir David, Bart. Gilmerton
Whjtelaw Rev. John M. The BJanse
SCHOOLS.
Dobie Jacobine
Public School— Robert Whyte, master
FARMERS.
Bell Gideon William, East Fortune
Cunningham Mrs. David, East Garleton
Douglas James, Athelstaneford New mains
Hunter Peter, Prova
Punton Peter, West Fortune
Reid Walter, Drem
870
j Ronaldson George, Eilduff mains
1 Shirriff David, Muirtou
' Watt James, New mains
- MALTSTER.
Cunningham William
Neilson Adam, cartwright
; Purves P. & James, millers, Sandy's mill
' Sinclair John, mason
; Tait Alexander, bootmaker
1 ■Vfhj'te Jlobert, registrar of births, deaths, &
] marriages '
SHOPKEEPERS, TRADERS, &c.
Bertram James, joiner & shopkeeper, Drem
Brown George, tailor, Needless "
23rp>yn Jeji^i.iua, dressmaker
Burn Margaret, baker "
Can-jck Richard, smith
Dickson Jarnes, baker, grocer, &c.
Dippie Robert, tailor
Grierson Thomson, shopkeeper
Law Jane, grocer, Nefidless
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PLiOE OF WORSHIP.
Parish Chcech— Rev. John M. Wlutelaw
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON THE NORTH BRITISH LINE.
Station, at Dheji, Z}i miles distant from
Athelstaneford, L. Moir, statiou master
Station, at East Fortune, aliout tlic same
distance— George Anderson, station maeter