Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Polton

Polton, a group of places in Lasswade parish, Edinburghshire, adjacent to the North Esk river, and within ½ mile SSW of Lasswade village. It contains the terminus of the Eskbank, Lasswade, and Polton line, 10¾ miles by rail SSE of Edinburgh; the papermills of Messrs Annandale & Son; Polton Colliery; Polton House (Rt. Dundas, Esq. of Arniston), etc.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a group of places"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lasswade ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Polton

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