ABERLADY...A BRIDGE TO ENCHANTMENT
The village war memorial is neatly tended and beside it, a recently erected (2011) reconstruction of an 8th century Anglo-Saxon cross, based from fragments of a local cross, now in the National Museum of Scotland. Aberlady can also boast the largest hoard of Anglo- Saxon silver found in Scotland. An information board beside the garden entrance sets out a route with numerous points of interest along the way.
Last week after delivering a family tree to a client in East Lothian, I spent time exploring the village and parish of Aberlady. Situated on the shore where the Peffer Burn enters Aberlady Bay, the village and surrounding area are full of history. The bay has always been a natural landing point for ships and the Anglo- Saxons soon settled here once the Romans had departed. Later it grew to become the port for the neighbouring town of Haddington, five miles inland.