Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1830 Excerpt: ... THE HISTORY OF DUNBAR. PART III. CIVIL AND DOMESTIC. CHAPTER I. TJie Parish.--Agriculture.--Population. The town of Dunbar is situated at the mouth of the frith of Forth, in the county of East Lothian, and sheriffdom of Haddington, twenty-eight miles east from Edinburgh; in latitude nearly 5(3 north, and longitude 9? 30' west from Greenwich. The parish, which takes its name from the town, is rather more than eight miles long, and in some places three miles broad.' It is separated from Innerwick parish by Dryburnwater on the south; it is bounded by the frith of Forth and Tyningham parish on the north; by the German ocean on the east; and by the parishes of Spot, Stenton, and Prestonkirk, on the west. A con-" siderable portion of land, called Dunbar Outer Common, lies about five miles from the town, and is surrounded by the parishes of Innerwick, Whittingham, and Stenton. It is situated on the skirts of Lammermoor, and is four miles long, and in some places three, and in general two and a-half miles broad. The marches are perambulated yearly by the magistrates and council, which occasions a scene of much merriment to the lieges. Fanned by the undulating breezes of the Forth, the situation of Dunbar in summer is healthy and pleasant; in winter, when the north-eastern blast, wrought up into the flickering mazes of the storm, desolates its rocky shores, it is chill and gloomy. The face of the country rises gradually from the sea, interspersed with green hill and gentle dale, till it is lost in the Lammermoors. Its shores are rugged and picturesque; the most striking objects seen at a little distance being the Bass and the Isle of May, while many a little isolated rock, situated immediately upon the beach, such as the Pin-cod, Delves, &c. appear once to have form...
