Borthwick | |
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The 18th century kirk in Borthwick | |
Location within Midlothian | |
OS grid reference | NT366595 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GOREBRIDGE |
Postcode district | EH23 |
Dialling code | 01875 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Borthwick is a hamlet, parish and stream in Midlothian, Scotland. The parish includes the 15th century Borthwick Castle, which is to the east of the village and the villages of Gorebridge and North Middleton. [1] [2] Nearby is Newtongrange in the parish of Newbattle. [3]
The civil parish has an area of 9375 acres [1] and a population of 2,841 (in 2011). [4]
Very Rev Thomas Turnbull was minister of the parish from 1734 to 1786.
Borthwick was the birthplace of the historian William Robertson.
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