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Kirkhill, a village in Penicuik and Lasswade parishes, Edinburghshire, on the North Esk, ½ mile NE of Penicuik- town. Standing on rising-grounds, it has been extended since 1861 from the left to the right bank of the river; and it is mainly inhabited by papermakers. Pop. (1861) 342, (1871) 671, (1881) 755, of whom 505 were in Penicuik parish.—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: | Lasswade Parish Midlothian County |
| Place: | Kirkhill |
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