Английская Википедия:Borthwick
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Borthwick is a hamlet, parish and stream in Midlothian, Scotland. The parish includes the 15th century Borthwick Castle, which is to the east of the village and the villages of Gorebridge and North Middleton.[1][2] Nearby is Newtongrange in the parish of Newbattle.[3]
The civil parish has an area of 9375 acres [1] and a population of 2,841 (in 2011).[4]
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
References
External links
- RCAHMS record for Borthwick, sometimes known as Locherworth parish
- SCRAN images: Borthwick
- GENUKI Genealogy: Borthwick
- The Coal Authority website / coal mining search
- Borthwick Castle website
- Borthwick and District Pipe Band
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 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.
- ↑ Gazetteer of Scotland, 2nd edition, by W. Groome, publ. 1896. Article on Newtongrange.
- ↑ 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.