Local interest
History
The wrecks of two midget submarines from the Second World War lie on the sands at the mouth of Aberlady Bay. What are they, and how did they come to be left there?
Aberlady’s shiny new village school opened on May 21, 1931 to replace the Victorian school on the High Street. With light, airy classrooms and central heating, it was the state of the art …
‘Ballincrieff Brick and Tile Works’ stood beside the main road to Haddington and the ‘tiles’ it produced played a significant role in shaping the landscape around Aberlady …
In the woods a short walk from the east end of Aberlady are the ruins of a Carmelite friary of the late 1200s, complete with the tomb of a knight who may have been its founder …
An ornamental fountain in the memorial garden was donated in 1896 in memory of Anne, wife of the tenth Earl of Wemyss. But it also has a story to tell from Renaissance Italy …
This tall, narrow tower was built some 200 years ago in the style of an Italian bell tower, and designed to deliver water at pressure to Luffness House. Here’s what we know about it …
