Borthwick, Midlothian

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Borthwick is a hamlet in Midlothian

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Borthwick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Borthwick in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Borthwick.-- par. and hamlet, the latter near Fushiebridge ry. sta., SE. Edinburghshire, 9806 ac., pop. 1741; contains Borthwick Castle, a double tower of 15th century, in which Queen Mary resided 3 weeks after her marriage with Bothwell, and from which she fled to Dunbar in the disguise of a page.

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