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Aldham or Haldame, a decayed village and an ancient coast parish of N Haddingtonshire. The village stood ½ mile S of Tantallon Castle, and 3½ miles E by S of North Berwick: near it was the parish church (demolished 1770), in whose forerunner, according to the legend, one of St Baldred's three corpses was buried in 756. (See Bass.) The parish included the lands of Aldham and Scougal, granted with Tynninghame and three moreplaces to Durham by King Duncan (1093-94): it was united to Whitekirk in the 17th century.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a decayed village and an ancient coast parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | East Lothian ScoCnty |
| Place names: | ALDHAM | ALDHAM OR HALDAME | HALDAME |
| Place: | Auldhame |
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