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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| AYTON | Ayton (Parish) | Map of Berwickshire New Statistical Account of Berwickshire Parliamentary Gazeteer of Scotland |
The parish of Ayton, like that of Eyemouth, obviously derives its names from the Water of Eye, on whose banks the village of the same name is situated - In the ancient records, it is usually written Eitun or Eiton; and it is said to be compounded of two Saxon words Ei, a water or stream, and tun, a villa or town - The parish is nearly 4 miles in length, and as many in breadth, & contains probably twelve or thirteen square miles - It is bounded on the north by Eyemouth & Coldinghamk; in the south by Foulden and Mordington; on the west by Coldingham & Chirnside; and on the east by the sea - In figure it somewhat resembles the flat side of a battle axe without the handle, having the edge turned towards the south and east - On the south there is a beautifully sloping range of high land tastefully adorned with copses of plantation to the summit - At its highest elevation, it is 660 feet above the level of the sea - The highest point of the sea banks , known by the name of Blacky's (Bleak Heugh) is 350 feet precipitous towards the sea, sloping gently towards the land, & irregularly down to the waters edge at Eyemouth - On the northern side of the Parish the ground is lower & flatter than on the southern, but still of considerable elevation, and finely undulating in all directions - The whole line of Coast for many miles both north and South is splendidly bold & rocky - Its extent within the Parish is two Miles, forming almost a continued precipice, with innumerable indentations - the stratification of the rocks is distinctly visible, & in all possible inclinations, curvatures & fantastic shapes, evidently thrown into the wildest confusion by some great convulsion of nature [Continued on page 84] |
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