Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bilsdean

Bilsdean, a hamlet and a burn of NE Haddingtonshire. The hamlet is in Oldhamstocks parish, and lies on the burn, near its mouth, ½ mile W of the boundary with Berwickshire, and 6¾ miles SE of Dunbar. The burn rises in Innerwick parish, and runs 3 miles north-eastward to the sea.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a burn"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Oldhamstocks ScoP       East Lothian ScoCnty

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