Edinburgh, Colinton, Bogs Mill General view Copied from 'Colinton Old and New'
SC 551448
Description Edinburgh, Colinton, Bogs Mill General view Copied from 'Colinton Old and New'
Catalogue Number SC 551448
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 65264
Scope and Content Bogsmill (Boag's Mill), Colinton, Edinburgh Bogsmill, recorded in 1598 as the West Mill of Easter Hailes, stood on the Water of Leith downstream from Colinton village near an old crossing of the river at Slateford. Originally a corn mill, it also produced paper, and milled snuff and spices. This group of white-washed houses occupied one of the prettiest and most secluded sites on the river. The mill, rebuilt after a fire in 1867, was in working operation until it was again destroyed by fire in 1924. Bogsmill produced the first banknotes manufactured in Scotland when, in 1735, the Bank of Scotland had its 20 shilling (£1) notes made here. During this operation, a 'picquet of soldiers mounted guard in the cottage on the bank above'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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