Dunbar
Dunbar ([dʊnˈbaɾ]
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Dunbar is a umwhile Ryal Burgh that gien its name tae an ecclesiastical an ceevil pairish. The pairish extends aroond 7½ mile east tae wast an is 3½ mile deep at greatest extent (12 x 5.5 kilometres) or 11¼ square miles (c. 3000 hectares) an conteens the veelages o Wast Barns, Belhaven, East Barns (abandoned) an several hamlets an ferms.
Its strategic poseetion gien rise tae a history full o incident an strife but Dunbar haes become a quate dormitory toun popular wi wirkers in nearby Edinburgh, wha find it an affordable alternative tae the caipital itsel. Till the 1960s the population o the toun wis little mair nor 3,500.
The toun is serred bi Dunbar railwey station. Dunbar is hame tae the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the seicont auldest RNLI station in Scotland.
