Broxburn is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth
estate in
East Lothian
East Lothian (; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
In ...
, Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn. It lies about south-east of
Dunbar
Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the Anglo–Scottish border, English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and ...
. On the Brox Burn is Brand's Mill, dating from mediaeval times. The
Battle of Dunbar, on 3 September 1650, took place on the foothills directly south, halfway between Brand's Mill and the hamlet of Little Pinkerton.
Not to be confused with the larger town of
Broxburn, West Lothian
Broxburn (, ) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is from the West End of Edinburgh, from Edinburgh Airport and to the north of Livingston. Originally a village known as Easter Strathbock in the medieval period, by 1600, the village ha ...
.
See also
*
List of places in East Lothian
The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village and hamlet in the East Lothian council area of Scotland.
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum
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* Aberlady, Aberlady Bay
* Archerfield Estate and Lin ...
External links
Broxburn
Villages in East Lothian
History of East Lothian
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