The P re-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire. 11? 



There was a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas near Eeston,'^ in 

 Coldingham parish, but its exact situation is unknown even to 

 tradition. 



The churches and chapels held by the priory in the county 

 were — 



The chapels of St. Ebba on St. Abbs Head, Eyemouth, 



Ayton,t and St. Nicholas, West Eeston. 

 The Churches of 

 Lamberton, 

 Fishwick, 

 Swinton, 

 Edrom, with its chapels of Kimmerghame, East 



Nisbet, Blackadder, and Earlston, 

 Aldcambus, with its Hospital. 

 Also the Chapels of Naithansthirn and Newton, sub- 

 ordinate to Ednam. These were subsequently 

 acquired by Kelso Abbey. 



COLDSTREAM 



"Was the seat of a Cistercian Nunnery or Prfoiiy, founded 

 and dedicated to the Virgin in 1 165, by Cospatrick, 3rd Earl of 

 Dunbar. The buildiugs were destroyed by the Earl of Hertford 

 in 1545, and not a vestige of them now exists. They 

 stood near the junction of the Leet with the Tweed, and the 

 street or lane leading from the Market Place to the spot, still 

 bears the name of " Abbey Lane." The priory held the churches 

 of Lennel, Hirsel, and Bassendean, besides lands in other par- 

 ishes in the county. The chartulary has been printed by the 

 Grampian Club, under the editorship of the late Dr Charles 

 Rogers ; and a history of the convent, with a figure of its seal, is 

 given in the preface to that publication. The Pomarium of the 

 Priory is still represented by several old orchards on the ground 



* Appendix to Raine's North Durham, pp. 76-7 : Coldingham Charters, 

 Nos. 413, 421. It is called in the latter Charter " The chapel of St. 

 Nicholas situated in the vill of West Riston." 



t In 1265, Henry de Prendergast received a charter from the priory of 

 Durham, granting him with his heirs the privilege of a private chapel or 

 oratory within his court at Prendergast, in Ayton parish ; but this, like 

 similar chapels elsewhere, was, no doubt, only temporary. (Carr's 

 History of Coldingham, p. 132. Appendix to Raine's North Durham, 

 p. 97.) 



