Romannobridge

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Romannobridge
Scottish Gaelic Drochaid Ràth Mhanach
Buildings in Romannobridge
Buildings in Romannobridge
Coordinates 55 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W
Romannobridge (Scotland)
Romannobridge
Romannobridge
administration
Post town WEST LINTON
ZIP code section EH46
prefix 01968
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Romannobridge , also Romanno Bridge , Gaelic Drochaid Ràth Mhanach , is a village on the northwestern edge of the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Peeblesshire . It is located about twelve kilometers southwest of Penicuik and ten kilometers northwest of Peebles off the eastern flank of the Pentland Hills . The Lyne Water flows through Rommanobridge .

history

The name of the town derives from the aborted in the 1950s mansion Romanno House and a narrow bridge at the site. Between 1313 and 1671, the surrounding lands of Spitalhaugh were owned by the Earls of Morton . In 1671 Richard Murray , brother of the politician Archibald Murray, 3rd Baronet , acquired Spitalhaugh. In the early 17th century, a tower house had already been built on the site , which under Murray was expanded into the manor Spitalhaugh House .

In 1677 Romannobridge was the scene of a bloody fight between two gypsy clans who had come from a fair in Haddington . A corresponding inscription was to be found in the pigeon tower of Romanno House.

In the context of the 1961 census survey, Romannobridge counted 51 inhabitants.

traffic

The A701 (Edinburgh– Dumfries ) forms the main thoroughfare of Romannobridge and connects the village to the trunk road network. In the West, in West Linton , passed by Edinburgh to St John's Town of Dalry leading A702 . A few kilometers south there is a connection to the A72 ( Galashiels - Hamilton ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ a b Rommanobridge in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  4. ↑ Entry on Romanno House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer of Scotland

Web links

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