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Allanton, Berwickshire

Historical Description

ALLANTON, a village, in the parish of EDROM, county of BERWICK, 1½ mile (S.) from Chirnside; containing 267 inhabitants. This village, which is situated at the confluence of the rivers Whitadder and Blackadder, is neatly built, and inhabited chiefly by persons employed in the manufactories in the neighbourhood; some of the houses are detached, and surrounded with pleasant gardens. A considerable traffic is carried on in coal, which is brought from the county of Northumberland, and also from Eyemouth, to which place it is sent by sea from Newcastle. There is a daily delivery of letters in the village, by a branch from the post-office at Dunse. A place of worship in connexion with the Free Church has been erected.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, 1851 by Samuel Lewis

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