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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Eyemouth Parish | Eyemouth (Parish) | Map of Scotland Map of Berwickshire New Statistical Account Berwick Gazetteer of Scotland |
The parish of Eyemouth may be described as nearly a square of one mile and half, each side, in extent. It lies on the eastern part of the sea coast of Berwickshire, and is bounded on the north by the German Ocean; on the East and south by the Parish of Ayton; and on the west by that of Coldingham. The derivation of its name is sufficiently obvious; the town of Eyemouth, which contains the principal part of the population of the parish, being situated at the mouth of the small river called the "Eye", which, rising at the Dodhill, in the parish of Oldhamstacks. and flowing through those of Cockburnspath, Coldingham, and Ayton, bounds the parish on the East side for about a mile and a half, and then empties itself into the sea, forming the bay and harbour of Eyemouth. The coast line, commencing at the promontory called the Fort, which forms the northern boundary of the bay of Eyemouth, and is the great bulwark of the town and harbour against the gales which blow from that quarter, is rocky and precipitous throughout its entire extent, running at an average height of 80 feet above the level of the sea, and exhibiting appearances which, to the geologist, are not devoid of interest ----- It is intersected by several remarkable fissures, or gullies, and exhibits strong symptoms of igneous agency -- In one place it is perforated to a short extent by a cavern, which is tenanted by flocks of rock pigeons, and the [ ] of which is ornamented by elegant specimens of Asplenium Marinum --- The ext[?ent ] of the Coast is a mile and a half, and the beach is accessible only at three |
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Parish of Eyemouth -- W. Beatty -- 2Situation -- On the East Coast of the County of Berwick and on sheets 5. 16 -- 6 9 -- 6. 13 -- 11. 14 -- 12 4 and 1
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