Eddleston
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Eddleston Scottish Gaelic Baile Ghille Mhoire |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 43 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | PEEBLES | ||
| ZIP code section | EH45 | ||
| prefix | 01721 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Scottish Borders | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | ||
Eddleston , in Gaelic Baile Ghille Mhoire , is a village on the north-western edge of the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Peeblesshire . It is located about eleven kilometers south of Penicuik and six kilometers north of Peebles on Eddleston Water .
history
A church in Eddleston was reported as early as the 12th century. There is no doubt that the site has been used religiously throughout since then. Today's Eddleston Parish Church dates from 1829. On the western edge of today's Eddleston was a tower house in the 16th century . This was expanded into a mansion called Black Barony (also Barony Castle ) in the second half of the 19th century at the latest . On the grounds of the manor house, which is now used as a hotel, a three-dimensional topographical map of Scotland was created in the 1970s with the Polish Map of Scotland.
Around 1735, the Earl of Portmore acquired part of the Blackbarony estate, thereby laying the foundation stone for Portmore House . However, it was William Forbes Mackenzie , who represented the constituency of Peeblesshire as a Conservative MP , who had Portmore House built in 1850 to a design by Scottish architect David Bryce .
As part of the 1971 census survey, Eddleston had 141 residents. This corresponded to a decrease of 40 people within ten years.
traffic
Eddleston is just off the A703 that connects Penicuik with Peebles. In the cities there is a connection to the A702 leading from Edinburgh to St John's Town of Dalry or to the A72 ( Galashiels - Hamilton ).
In 1855 Eddleston received its own station along the newly opened Peebles Railway , which connected Peebles with Edinburgh . In February 1962, however, the line was abandoned and the station closed. At the beginning of Station Road , the road that branches off from the A703 crosses Eddleston Water on the listed Eddleston Bridge .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Eddleston Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Black Barony in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Information on the Peebles Railway
