Polton is a village located in
Lasswade
Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles (14.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melville ...
parish,
Midlothian
Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east- central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinbu ...
, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession. (See: ''Analecta Scotica'', Edinburgh, 1834).
Notable residents
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Thomas de Quincey the English writer, lived here in the latter part of his life, until his death in 1859.
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Charles Thomas Clough an eminent geologist, lived at St Ann's Mount, Polton with his family
See also
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Polton railway station
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Esk Valley Railway (Scotland)
External links
Vision of Britain - History of Polton in Midlothian
Villages in Midlothian
Bonnyrigg and Lasswade
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