Amisfield Park

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Amsfield, a seat of the Earl of Wemyss, in the parish and county of Haddington, on the right bank of the Tyne, ¾ mile ENE of Haddington. It is a handsome Grecian edifice of red sandstone, faces the river, contains some fine paintings, and stands in the midst of an extensive park. It was built by the fifth Earl of Wemyss (1787-1808), heir of his maternal grandfather,the infamous Colonel Charteris (1675-1732), who had purchased the lands of Newmills, and changed their name to Amisfield from the ancient seat of his forefathers in Nithsdale. In Lander's Scottish Rivers (ed. 1874), p. 309, is a lively account of the Tyneside games, instituted by Lord Elcho in Amisfield Park.

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