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The village includes a large amount of council housing — although much of this is now privately owned by the occupiers. Danderhall was formerly a mining village, supplying labour for the nearby coal mines of Edmonstone to the northwest, Sheriffhall to the southeast, Woolmet to the east and Monktonhall beyond that. The latter was the last to ...
Villages located in the council area of Edinburgh, Scotland, but outside the built up area of the city. Pages in category "Villages in Edinburgh council area" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The village sits on the west side of Roslin Glen, now a country park.Overlooking the Glen are Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle. Roslin War Memorial. The elaborately carved chapel has long been associated with the Knights Templar and the Grail legend, [9] and featured in the best-selling book The Da Vinci Code.
See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.. This List of places in Edinburgh is a list of links for any inner city area, suburb, town, village, hamlet, castle, historic house, nature reserve, museum, art gallery, university, park, landmark and other place of interest in the City of Edinburgh council area of Scotland
The council area of Edinburgh covers 264 square kilometres (102 sq mi), and has a population of just under 500,000. Edinburgh is centred on the medieval Old Town and the Georgian New Town. To the north is the historic port of Leith, on the shore of the Firth of Forth which is now built up from Cramond to Portobello. The modern city now extends ...
Pathhead is located around 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Dalkeith and 11 miles (18 km) south of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. It lies above the east bank of the River Tyne. The name of the village is due to its position. It stands 500 feet (150 m) above sea level and is at the head of the ascent of the main route from Edinburgh to Lauder.
The parish of the same name is about five miles long from east to west, and one mile broad from north to south, and contains about 3,120 acres (12.6 km 2).It is bounded by the following parishes: Humbie to the east, Soutra (to which it is now conjoined) on the south, Heriot & Stow on the west, and on the north by the detached parts of Borthwick, Cranstoun, and Crichton.
The name Pencaitland is first attested in 1296, as Penketland, Penkatlond and Penkatelen.It is thought derive either from the Brittonic language words corresponding to modern Welsh pen ('head, top, hill'), coed ('wood'), and llan ('clearing, enclosure'), in which case it once meant "head of a clearing or enclosure in or near a wood", or pen and coedlan ('copse'), in which case it meant "end of ...