Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Borthwick

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.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Borthwick ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Borthwick

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