A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
North Berwick, watering-place, royal and police burgh, and par., Haddingtonshire, at the entrance of the Firth of Forth, 5 miles NE. of Drem Junction and 22½ miles NE. of Edinburgh by rail - par., 5067 ac., pop. 2688; royal burgh, pop. 1177; police burgh, pop. 1711; P.O., T.O.,l Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Monday. North Berwick has fine sands and golfing links, and a healthy bracing climate. It was made a royal burgh by a charter of Robert III. It formed one of the Haddington District of Parliamentary Burghs, which returned 1 member until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "watering-place" (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities") |
| Administrative units: | North Berwick Burgh East Lothian ScoCnty |
| Place: | North Berwick |
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