Burghmuirhead (sometimes anglicised as Boroughmuirhead) is an area of

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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 main road from the West e ...

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 1.3 miles Southwest of the West End of Edinburgh's principal street, Princes Street. Other areas near Merchi ...

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 th ...

, 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 letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

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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