TYNNINGHAME, a village, in the parish of Whitekirk-and-Tynninghame,
county of Haddington,
1 mile (N. E. by E.) from the village of Prestonkirk; containing
'271 inhabitants. It is situated in the southern
part of the parish, on the road from Whitekirk to Stentou,
and about half a mile westward from the river Tyne,
which shortly merges its waters in the sea. The lands
of Tynninghame formed a separate parish, which was
united to Whitekirk in I767: the church, now demolished,
stood about a quarter of a mile below the village,
on the north side of the Tyne, in a beautiful field having a
gentle slope to the water's edge; and it possessed in early
times the privilege of sanctuary. Tynninghame belongs
to the Earl of Haddington, whose fine seat here, surrounded
with plantations commenced by his ancestor,
the fifth earl, is in the Elizabethan style. The population
of the village is almost exclusively agricultural.
One of the parochial schools is situated at this place.