Dirleton
Sign in to saveDirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains . Dirleton lies between North Berwick (east), Gullane (west), Fenton Barns (south) and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve, Archerfield Estate and the Firth of Forth (north). Gullane parish was joined to Dirleton parish in 1612 by an Act of Parliament because "Golyn (as it was anciently spelt) is ane decaying toun, and Dirleton is ane thriven place."
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Place details
- Locality
- Dirleton
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 496
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Dirleton
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dirleton115931.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A row of cottages opposite the castle
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT511841
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Lothian
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- East Lothian
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Lothian
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- East Lothian
- UK place.post_town
- NORTH BERWICK
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +530
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Dirleton115931.jpg
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9 sectionsContents
- Locale
- ''Two'' ''Weeks'' ''in'' ''September''
- Castle
- Congalton
- Islands
- Elbottle
- Radar Station
- Notes
- External links
Dirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains . Dirleton lies between North Berwick (east), Gullane (west), Fenton Barns (south) and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve, Archerfield Estate and the Firth of Forth (north). Gullane parish was joined to Dirleton parish in 1612 by an Act of Parliament because "Golyn (as it was anciently spelt) is ane decaying toun, and Dirleton is ane thriven place."
==Locale== Dirleton has two hotels, The Castle Inn which looks on to the village green and The Open Arms Hotel. Other visitor attractions today include the Dirleton Gallery, now closed for business, Archerfield Links recently built with two 18-hole golf courses and hotel. The church (presumably built soon after the move of the parish in 1612) and manse (1708) of Dirleton stand immediately to the north of the village in a beautiful situation. The church has extensive Victorian renovations (1836 including the ornate tower), and a churchyard. it has a population of about 3300. The churchyard contains an odd stone of 1746 to a George Seton, including two stern-faced mermaid caryatids. The school is by John Alexander Carfrae (1910) who built many Edinburgh schools. Trinitarian friars had a friary here prior to the reformation.