Most of the fishermen’s cottages in the village are now used as holiday homes. It was bounded to the N by the Firth of Forth, to the NE by the North Sea, to the W by Midlothian and to the S by Berwickshire and the Lammermuir Hills. Oldhamstocks or Aldhamstocks ("old dwelling place") is a civil parish and small village in the east of East Lothian, Scotland, adjacent to the Scottish Borders.It has a population of 193, and overlooks the North Sea.The parish church was consecrated in 1292. Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about 12 miles (19 km) south-east of Edinburgh, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Haddington, and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Ormiston.. Pennan is a quaint little fishing village typical of the North East coast of Scotland. A small former county of E Central Scotland, East Lothian (previously Haddingtonshire) had an area of 271 sq. Back to East Lothian Home Page. miles (701 sq. This book covers a huge area of East Lothian with photographs of the following villages: Burnfoot, Stenton, Cockenzie, Port Seton, Oldhamstocks, Innerwick, Spott, Garvald, Nuraw, Gifford, Ormiston, Aberlady, Gullane, Dirleton, Whitekirk, Tyninghame, West Barns, Belhaven, Broxburn, Thorntonloch and Dunbar. As the title dictates East Lothian is sited to the East of the City of Edinburgh and is largely rural with a vast farming ability coupled with fishing from many of the small ports that dot its coast line. km). Find out about the towns and villages around Haddington in east lothian, discover their history and the attractions which they offer today The summer … Sadly, like many other towns and villages in the region, the fishing industry has gone into decline, and these days, Pennan is mainly a holiday village. East Lothian has many attractive towns and villages.