Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Eyemouth. You may be able to find further references to Eyemouth in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Eyemouth a fishing town Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Eyemouth.

Place Type of entry Source
Highlaws detached portion Bartholomew
Linthill House old mansion Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Eyemouth within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Daniel Defoe Letter 11: South-Eastern Scotland 2

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Burnmouth 0 2
Ayton 0 2
Coldingham 5 2
Reston 0 2
Lamberton 0 2
Mordington 2 2
Foulden 0 2
Halidon Hill 0 2
Auchencrow 0 2
Houndwood 0 2
Chirnside 0 2
Hutton 0 2
Berwick upon Tweed 33 3
Allanton 0 2
Merse 0 2
Loanend 0 1
Grantshouse 0 2
Spittle 0 2
Tweedmouth 0 2
Edrom 0 2