Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Davidson's Mains or Muttonhole

Davidson's Mains or Muttonhole, a well-built village in Cramond parish, Edinburghshire, 1½ mile WNW of Craigleith station, and 3½ miles WNW of Edinburgh. It has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, insurance, and telegraph departments, a station of the Edinburghshire police, the Free church of Cramond, and a public school. Pop. (1841) 470, (1861) 599, (1871) 736, (1881) 740.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a well-built village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cramond Parish       Midlothian County
Place names: DAVIDSONS MAINS     |     DAVIDSONS MAINS OR MUTTONHOLE     |     MUTTONHOLE

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