Borthwick is a
hamlet
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, parish and stream in
Midlothian, Scotland. The parish includes the 15th century
Borthwick Castle
Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval 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 gro ...
, which is to the east of the village and the villages of
Gorebridge and
North Middleton.
[''Gazetteer of Scotland'', publ. by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Borthwick. Places are presented alphabetically.][''Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, Topographical, Statistical and Commercial'', ed. by J.G. Bartholomew, publ. George Newnes, London, 1904. Article on Borthwick.] Nearby is
Newtongrange
Newtongrange () is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Known in local dialect as ''Nitten'', or ''Nitten by the Bing'' (),
it became Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s, with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery an ...
in the parish of Newbattle.
[''Gazetteer of Scotland'', 2nd edition, by W. Groome, publ. 1896. Article on Newtongrange.]
The
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
has an area of 9375 acres
[ and a population of 2,841 (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.]
Notable residents
Very Rev Thomas Turnbull was minister of the parish from 1734 to 1786.
Borthwick was the birthplace of the historian William Robertson.
See also
*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 ...
*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
** L ...
* Patrick Simson
References
External links
RCAHMS record for Borthwick, sometimes known as Locherworth parishSCRAN images: BorthwickThe Coal Authority website / coal mining searchBorthwick and District Pipe Band
Parishes in Midlothian
Villages in Midlothian
Civil parishes of Scotland
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