PITCOX, a village, in the parish of Stenton, county
of Haddington, l:^ mile (K. N. E.) from Stenton; containing
95 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on
the road between Stenton and Dunbar, for ages gave
name to the parish; but the stony nature of the soil
induced the inhabitants to call the parisli by its present
name. The jxipulation is purely agricultural, with the
exception, perhaps, of a few persons engaged in handicraft
trades.