Burghmuirhead (sometimes anglicised as Boroughmuirhead) is an area of
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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.
The area lies between
Bruntsfield
Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in Southern Edinburgh, Scotland. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton.
Location
Bruntsfield Place is less than south on the A702 road (Great Britain), A70 ...
to the north and
Morningside to the south. West is
Merchiston
Merchiston ( ) is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Location
Merchiston Avenue is southwest of the West End of Edinburgh's principal street, Princes Street. Other areas near Merchiston inc ...
and east is
Greenhill and then
The Grange.
The area was once part of the lands of Greenhill. It takes its name from the
Burgh Muir
The Burgh Muir is the historic term for an extensive area of land lying to the south of Edinburgh city centre, upon which much of the southern part of the city now stands following its gradual spread and more especially its rapid expansion in t ...
, an area of oak forest which stretched over much of today's south Edinburgh; all that now remains is the parkland of Bruntsfield Links.
The anglicised form of the name was used for Boroughmuirhead
Post Office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
which closed in 2010 (replaced by Bruntsfield Post Office in Bruntsfield Place), and also was the former name of the now Grangebank House, located down a lane to the west of Morningside Road.
Today the names
Holy Corner
Holy Corner is a colloquial name for a small area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and (along with Church Hill) is part of the area more properly known as Burghmuirhead, itself part of the lands of Greenhill. Holy Corner lies between the areas of Bru ...
and
Church Hill are more commonly used to describe the respective northern and southern parts of Burghmuirhead.
References
* Smith, Charles J., ''Morningside'', John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1992.
* Cant, Michael, ''Villages of Edinburgh'' volumes 1 & 2, John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1986–1987. &
* Grant, James, ''Old and New Edinburgh'' volumes 1-3 (or 1–6, edition dependent), Cassell, 1880s (published as a periodical)
Online edition
External links
Bartholomew's ''Chronological map of Edinburgh'' (1919)''The Scotsman'' newspaper: historical article on the use of the Burgh Muir for plague victims
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Areas of Edinburgh
Morningside, Edinburgh