Inveresk
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Inveresk Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Easg |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 56 ′ N , 3 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 266 (1971 census) | ||
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| Post town | MUSSELBURGH | ||
| ZIP code section | EH21 | ||
| prefix | 0131 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Lothian | ||
| British Parliament | East Lothian | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Midlothian North and Musselburgh | ||
Inveresk ( Gaelic : Inbhir Easg ) is a village in East Lothian in Scotland . It is located immediately south of Musselburgh and is part of a nature reserve that has existed since 1969 . The place is on a slight elevation on the north bank of the Esk , 20 to 25 meters above sea level and was used by the Romans as a fort in the second century AD.
The name "Inveresk", from the Gaelic inbhir , refers to the confluence of the Esk in the Firth of Forth .
The village was formerly in the County of Midlothian and developed from the town of Musselburgh.
Inveresk is known for its 17th and 18th century street. Inveresk Lodge is now privately rented, but the adjacent Inveresk Lodge Garden is owned by the National Trust for Scotland ; its west-facing gardens on the river are open to the public. It was originally the mansion of James Wedderburn, who made his fortune as a slave owner of a sugar plantation in Jamaica. When his son Robert Wedderburn came to Inveresk from one of his slaves to assert his relatives, he was insultingly rejected by his father and only got some malt beer and a twisted sixpence . This experience brought Robert Wedderburn to radicalism.
Notable people
- Henry Yule (1820–1889), orientalist, born in Inveresk
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1690–1764), buried here
- Alexander Handyside Ritchie (sculptor 1804–1870), buried here.
- Clarissa Dickson Wright , former lawyer and businesswoman, has lived here since March 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ Burnet, JEM (1999) A reason for Inveresk. Courtyard Press, Inveresk. ISBN 0-9537450-0-7
- ↑ Norman Dixon: The Placenames of Midlothian (PDF; 1.2 MB) Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 4, 2012. "'The mouth of the R. Esk' v. G. inbhir, inbhear: 'the confluence of a stream with the sea.'"
- ↑ Clarissa Dickson Wright: Clarissa's England: A gamely gallop through the English counties ( English ). Hodder & Stoughton, 2012, ISBN 9781444729139 .
