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Loanhead.-- town with ry. sta., Lasswade par., Edinburghshire, near the North Esk, 5 miles SE. of Edinburgh by road and 10 by rail, pop. 2493; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is a summer resort; the inhabitants find employment in the mines and paper mills in the neighbourhood; Loanhead was made a police burgh in 1884.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lasswade Parish Loanhead Burgh Midlothian County |
| Place: | Loanhead |
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