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Roslin
Burgh (Medieval), Village (Medieval)
Site Name Roslin
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bilston Burn
Canmore ID 51819
Site Number NT26SE 29
NGR NT 27 64
NGR Description From NT 27 63 to NT 27 64
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51819
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT26SE 29 27 64.
In the late 15th c, Roslin stood at Bilston Burn (name: NT 270 648) half a mile from where it now stands. Sir William Sinclair of Roslin had the masons who were building Rosslyn Chapel (NT26SE 22) build houses for themselves at the present site of Roslin (NT 2763) so that they would be convenient to their work.
R Hay 1835
Erected burgh of barony in 1456.
G S Pryde 1965.
