In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Broxmouth like this:
Broxmouth, a seat of the Duke of Roxburghe in Dunbar parish, Haddingtonshire, at the mouth of Broxburn rivulet, 1½ mile SE by E of Dunbar town. The mansion is modern, and has a finely embellished park, whose gently-sloping grounds are bounded by a sea-wall 1½ mile long. A little eminence called Cromwell's Mount, and crowned by a cedar of Lebanon, is supposed to mark Cromwell's station in the battle of Dunbar (1650); and in the grounds, too, are a Cedrus deodara planted by the Queen in 1878, an observatory, a lake of 4 acres, 5 vineries, -etc. ...
In Haddingtonshire the duke owns 3863 acres, valued at £6281 per annum. See Floors Castle.
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Broxmouth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broxmouth in East Lothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26918
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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