EAST OF FIFE RAILWAY, railway, continuous with the Leven line, eastward from Leven to Anstruther, on south coast of Fife.
EAST or NEW GREENOCK.
EAST PERTH.
EAST PORT, eastern part of Kirkcaldy, Fife.
EAST SALTON, village in Salton parish, Haddingtonshire.
EAST-SIDE, section of Kilmuir parish, Isle of Skye.
EASTSIDEWOOD, tract, with mineral field, in Carnwath parish, Lanarkshire.
EAST STRATHAVEN.
EAST THIRD, section of Smailholm village, Roxburghshire.
EAST WATER, upper reach of North Esk river, running about 22 miles east-south-east and south-south-eastward to confluence with West Water, at 4 miles north-north-east of Brechin, Forfarshire.
EAST WEMYSS, coast village, containing Wemyss parochial church, and a post office under Dysart, 3 miles south-west of Leven, Fife. Pop. 895.
EASTWOOD, parish, containing Pollockshaws and Thornliebank towns and Shawlands village, on border of Renfrewshire, near south-west side of Glasgow. Its length is nearly 4 miles ; its greatest breadth 3f miles ; its area 5596 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 61,499. Pop., quoad civilia, 13,915 ; quoad sacra, 7368. The surface lies at an elevation of from about 30 to about 300 feet above sea-level ; is an assemblage of flats, vales, and many swells and small hills, with intersections of the White Cart and other streams ; and presents, in the aggregate, a very beautiful appearance. Sandstone, limestone, iron-stone, and coal are worked. Pollock House, a seat of Sir John M. Maxwell, Bart. , is a prominent mansion. Two Established churches, 2 Free churches, a United Presbyterian church, a United Original Secession church, and a Roman Catholic church are in Pollockshaws, an Established church is in Shawlands, and a United Presbyterian church is in Thornliebank. Nine schools for 2191 scholars are in the parish, and an enlargement for 448 is new.
EASTWOOD, seat near Dunkeld, Perthshire.
EAST YELL, hamlet on Yell Island, Shetland. It has a post office under Lerwick.
EATHACH, extensive tract, alternately lake and meadow, on Gauir river, on north-west border of Perthshire.
EBRIE, small affluent of the Ythan, Aberdeenshire.
EBUD.S.
ECCLEFECHAN, village, 6 miles south-east-by-south of Lockerby, Dumfriesshire. It stands on a large burn, bridged through-out the village in 1876 ; was the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle ; and has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, a banking office, an inn, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church, and a large public school. Pop. 768.
ECCLES, village and parish on south border of Berwickshire. The village stands 5 miles west-by-north of Coldstream, and has a post office under Coldstream, a parochial church, a Free church, a public school with about 112 scholars, and remains of an ancient nunnery. The parish contains also the villages of Leitholm and Birgham. Its length and greatest breadth are each about 5^ miles ; and its area is 12,418 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 27,356. Pop. 1546. The surface, with exception of some slight ridges, is all level, and very fertile. The seats are Eccles House, Anton's Hill, Kames, Belchester, Bughtrig, Mersington, Springhill, Stoneridge, and Purves Hall ; and the chief antiquity is a curious sculptured sandstone monument. A United Presbyterian church is at Leitholm, and 3 schools with accommodation for 318 scholars are in the parish.
ECCLESIAMAGIRDLE, section of Dron parish, surrounded by Dunbarney, in Perthshire.
ECCLESMACHAN, parish, with church hamlet, 2i miles west-south-west of Winchburgh, Linlithgowshire. Its post town is Linlithgow. It is intersected to the extent of about a mile by a wing of Linlithgow parish ; and it measures 5 miles from end to end, If mile in extreme breadth, and 2647 acres in area. Real property in 1880-81, 3690. Pop. 278. Each of the two sections consists of a sloping hill-ridge. The public school has about 85 scholars.
ECHOBANK, village, 2 miles south-south-east of centre of Edinburgh. Pop. 372.
ECHT, parish, averagely 12 miles west of Aberdeen. It has a post office of its own name under Aberdeen. Its length and breadth are each about 4| miles, and its area is 11,948 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7486. Pop. 1297. The broad-based lofty hill of Fare is partly on the south-western border; and the conical, wooded, and pretty high hill of Barmekin is in the north-west corner. The rest of the surface also is hilly, but nowhere high, and is arable even to the summits of many of its hills. The chief residence is Dunecht ; and the chief antiquities are a Danish camp, a large Pictish work, several cairns, and remains of three ancient Cale-donian stone circles. The churches are Established and Free; and the public schools are 2, with about 124 scholars.
ECK, lake, terminating 4 miles north of head of Holy Loch, in Cowal, Argyleshire. It extends 7^ miles from north to south ; has a nearly uniform width of about 5 mile; and lies in a fine glen flanked by lofty heights.
