WESTBARNS, a village, in the parish of Dunbar,
county of Haddington, 'i miles (W. by S.) from the
town of Dunbar; containing 1*0 inhabitants. This
village stands on the west side of Belhaven bay, and
on the road from Dunbar to Haddington. It is called
Westbarns in contradistinction to Eastbarns, a less considerable
village also on the coast, situated on the other
side of Dunbar, and distant from Westbarns about five
miles. The principal support of the place was a large
distillery employing a number of hands, and a flax-mill
erected in 1792; but the expectations of the proprietors
not being realized, both have been relinquished. The
small stream of the Beil, flowing through the parish for
about three miles, passes at the village into the bay of
Belhaven. The North-British railway runs by.