Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coldingham

Coldingham, coast par. and vil., NE. Berwickshire, 3 miles NW. of Eyemouth and 46 miles SE. of Edinburgh -- par., 24,021 ac., pop. 3173; vil., pop. 572; P.O.; has remains of priory, one of the most ancient monastic establishments of Scotland. Coldinghamshire was the name of an ancient jurisdiction in Berwickshire, apparently ecclesiastical, connected with Coldingham Priory. Coldingham Loch is 1½ mile NE. of vil.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Coldingham ScoP       Berwickshire ScoCnty
Place: Coldingham

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