Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ayton

Ayton, coast par. and vil., in co. and 7¼ miles NW. of Berwick by rail -- par., 6699 ac., pop. 2040; vil., pop. 771; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. The seat of Ayton Castle, built on site of historical ancient fortalice, is here, and in the neighbourhood traces of several ancient camps may be observed.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Aytoun ScoP       Berwickshire ScoCnty
Place: Ayton

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