238 An Account of Lesbuiy Parish, by Geo. Tate, F.G.S. 



for a busy man, has written much, for its Proceedings. His last 

 letter received refers to the report oi the meeting of Gullane, in 

 May, 1877, offering facilities in Edinburgh, for further inquiries ; 

 the parish of Dirleton having proved unexpectedly full of archaeo- 

 logical indicia, that no writer had touched upon. Dr Stuart's 

 articles written for the Club are: — 1. On Melrose, vol. iv., pp. 

 145-148. 2. On Chirnside, lb. pp. 184-189. This paper is a 

 misnomer, for it relates mostly to Fish wick. 3. On Kelso, lb. 

 pp. 261-268. 4. On the Monastery of St. Ebba and the Priory 

 of Coldingham, vol. v., pp. 207-219. This paper brings together 

 a number of new facts, not previously made use of. In this he 

 still sanctions the blunder first committed by Mr A. A. Carr, the 

 historian of Coldingham, and then continued by Dr Johnston, in 

 his "Flora," and "Natural History of the Eastern Borders," 

 that ten acres of ground in the territory of Coldingham, called 

 the Eleurs, i.e. flats, were under cultivation with flowers. 5. On 

 the Nunnery of North Berwick, vol. vii., pp. 82-85. 6. Notices 

 of the Early Ecclesiastical History of East Lothian and the Bass, 

 and of Caves as the Eetreats of the Early Saints, Ibid, pp. 86-90. 

 7. Obituary Notice of Mr J. C. Langlands, Ibid, p. 188. 8. The 

 Early Ecclesiastical History of Dunbar, Ibid, pp. 422-429. 



An Account of Lesbury Parish, Northumberland. By the 

 late George Tate, F.G.S., &c. (Continued from Hist. 

 Ber. Nat. Club, vol. vii., p. 462). 



ALNMOUTH. 



Alnmouth is on the south-east part of Lesbury parish, and has 

 an area of 296a. 1r. 9p., lying chiefly along the sea shore from 

 the mouth of the Aln to Marden House, on the north-east side of 

 the river. Three detached portions are on the south side of the 

 Aln, one with an area of 3a. 1b. 7p., and the others 14a. 3r, and 

 31 a. 2k. 3p. On the north extremity of the township is another 

 detached portion of Ha 1r. 19p., boundered both on the north 

 and east by lands belonging to Longhoughton. 



The town or burgh of Alnmouth is five miles east of Alnwick, 

 on the left bank of the Aln, about 50 feet above the sea level, 



