Beil, an estate, with a mansion, in Stenton parish, Haddingtonshire. The mansion stands 1½ mile NNE of Stenton village, 3¾ miles SW of Dunbar; is partly an ancient edifice, partly a great modern extension. after a design by Atkinson, erected at a cost of nearly £40,000; and has splendid grounds, with an extensive deer-park. It is a seat of Lady Mary Nisbet-Hamilton, owner in the shire of 14,345 acres, valued at £24,537 per annum.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)