Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Polton

Polton, vil. with ry. sta., Lasswade par., Edinburghshire, on river North Esk, 1½ mile SW. of Lasswade; P.O.; has papermills; Polton House, seat, is in vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lasswade ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Polton

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