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Howgate, a village in Penicuik parish, Edinburghshire, 1¾ mile SSE of Penicuik town and 11 miles S of Edinburgh. It has a U.P. church, rebuilt in 1855, a public school, and copious waterworks, opened in May 1872. From Howgate, be it remembered, came ' Rab' and his two best friends.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Penicuik Parish Midlothian County |
| Place: | Howgate |
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