Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dirleton

Dirleton, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Haddingtonshire -- par., 9146 ac., pop. 1506; vil., 1½ mile NW. of the ry. sta. and 2½ miles SW. of North Berwick, pop. 343; P.O.; beside the vil. are the ruins of Dirleton Castle, a 12th century stronghold.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dirleton ScoP       East Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Dirleton

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