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List Of Places In Midlothian
''Map of places in Midlothian compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This List of places in Midlothian is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in the Midlothian council area of Scotland. A * Allermuir Hill * Arniston, Arniston House * Auchendinny B * Beeslack Wood * Birkenside * Bonaly Reservoir *Bonnyrigg * Borthwick, Borthwick Castle * Butterfly and Insect World C * Carrington * Castle Law * Cotty Burn * Cousland, Cousland Smiddy * Craigesk * Crichton, Crichton Castle, Crichton Collegiate Church D * Dalhousie Castle, Dalhousie Falconry Centre *Dalkeith, Dalkeith Estate, Dalkeith Palace * Danderhall * Dewartown * Dun Law E *Easter Howgate *Easthouses, Easthouses Colliery * Edgehead * Edgelaw Reservoir * Eight Mile Burn * Eskbank F * Fairfield House * Fala * Flotterstone, Flotterstone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In Scotland
This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland **List of Shetland islands **List of Orkney islands **List of Inner Hebrides **List of Outer Hebrides **List of outlying islands of Scotland **List of freshwater islands in Scotland *List of rivers of Scotland *List of lochs in Scotland *Waterfalls of Scotland *List of Munros *Extreme points of Scotland Lists of places within Scottish local authorities *List of places in Aberdeen *List of places in Aberdeenshire *List of places in Angus *List of places in Argyll and Bute *List of places in Clackmannanshire *List of places in Dumfries and Galloway *List of places in Dundee *List of places in East Ayrshire *List of places in East Dunbartonshire *List of places in East Lothian *List of places in East Renfrewshire *List of places in the Western Isles, List of places in na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenside, Midlothian
Birkenside is a village, adjacent to the A7 road, at the south of Gorebridge in Midlothian, Scotland. See also *List of places in Midlothian *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland **List of Shetland islands **List of Orkney islands **List o ... References External links RCAHMS record for Gorebridge, Birkenside, Railway Footbridge Villages in Midlothian {{Midlothian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crichton Collegiate Church
Crichton Collegiate Church is situated about south-west of the hamlet of Crichton, Midlothian, Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. Origins and Pre-Reformation The site may have been the location of an old Christian shrine and about 1440 William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton, Lord Chancellor of Scotland started to build a church there. On 26 December 1449, William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton opened the church "''Out of thankfullness and gratitude to Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Kentigern and All Saints''", with the consent of his son, James of Frendraucht and confirmed on the 29 December by James Kennedy (bishop), James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews. Like many other collegiate churches, Crichton was built for the use of the local lord, and a Provost, eight prebendary, Prebendaries, two choir boys and a Sacrist were appointed to pray for the souls of the Crichton family. The Provost was granted the tiends and tithes of the prebends, the Rectory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crichton Castle
Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is situated at the head of the River Tyne, south of the village of Pathhead, and the same distance east of Gorebridge. Constructed as a tower house in the late 14th century, it was expanded as the power of the Crichton family grew. However, the Crichtons fell from favour in the later 15th century, and the castle passed to the Earls of Bothwell. Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, constructed the Italianate north range in the 1580s, featuring an elaborate diamond-patterned facade. After Bothwell was accused of witchcraft the castle fell into neglect. The ruins are now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, and are open to the public. A mile to the south-west is Borthwick Castle, a 15th-century tower house that is still in use. History In the late 14th century, John de Crichton (d.1406) built a tower house here as his family residence. John's son, William (d. c. 1453), serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crichton, Midlothian
Crichton is a small village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, around 2 miles (3 km) south of Pathhead and the same distance east of Gorebridge. The second element of the name is clearly from the Old English word ''tūn'' 'farm, settlement'. The first element is less certain, however, and could be from Gaelic ''crioch'' 'border' or Cumbric ''craig'' 'rock'.Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html). To the west of the village is the 15th-century parish church, formerly a collegiate church, established by William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton, the Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1439 to 1453. To the south of the church is Crichton Castle Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is situated at the head of the River Tyne, south of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cousland
Cousland is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located east of Dalkeith and west of Ormiston, on a hill between the Rivers Tyne and Esk. History Cousland was a possession of the Sinclair family of Roslin from the late 12th century, and passed to the Ruthvens in the late 15th century. It formerly had its own chapelry, which was annexed to the parish of Cranston about the time of the Reformation. In 1547, during the Rough Wooing, the English army led by Lord Hertford burned the village, around the time of the Battle of Pinkie which was fought nearby. The village was a centre of lime production from the 16th century. Cousland lime was used to build and repair Edinburgh's town walls, at Kelso Abbey in 1554, and was frequently used at Holyrood Palace for plastering and harling. The Confederate Lords, opponents of Mary, Queen of Scots, gathered at Cousland in 1567 at the time of the stand-off at Carberry Hill. After the execution of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Law
Castle Law is a hill south west of Fairmilehead in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes. The Castlelaw Hill Fort The Castlelaw Hill Fort is the remnant of a stronghold of the Iron Age. When it was occupied the site consisted of three earthwork ramparts, ditches and timber palisades. The fort contained a Souterrain for the storage of agricultural produce. V. Gordon Childe undertook excavations at Castlelaw in 1932–33. The work focused on the rampart, and showed that it consisted of a clay and timber filling, faced by stone. The fort commands views over the Forth and Lothian. Traprain Law and Berwick Law, both significant centres of power in the Iron Age, are visible from the site. The fort is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. Access to the site is free but, since the area is an active sheep pasture, dogs should be kept under control. The site also neighbours an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrington, Midlothian
Carrington is a small, rural village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located to the south of Bonnyrigg. The civil parish of the same name has a population of 316 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930 Church The former Carrington Parish Church (of the Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While mem ...) was built in 1710–1711. It closed for regular worship in 1975 (and has been converted into business premises). The congregation united with nearby Cockpen Church to form the current Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church. Arniston House This beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly And Insect World
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borthwick Castle
Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scotland, Scottish fortifications. It is located south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground. It was constructed in 1430 for Sir William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick, William Borthwick, from whom the castle takes its name, Panoramic views of the castle can be seen from the Borders Railway between Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank railway stations. History The castle was built at the site of an earlier structure, and it remains the Lord Borthwick, Borthwick family ancestral seat. Sir William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick, William Borthwick, later the 1st Lord, obtained from King James I of Scotland, James I on 2 June 1430 a licence to erect on the Mote of Borthwick, Locherwart, a castle or fortalice. This was unusual in Scotland as nobles generally did not need to get permission f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
