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OS grid reference
  
NT290642

Lieutenancy area
  
Midlothian

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Thursday 10:01 AM

Council area
  
Midlothian

Civil parish
  
Lasswade

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
LASSWADE

Dialling code
  
0131

Polton

Weather
  
5°C, Wind NE at 23 km/h, 89% Humidity

Scottish parliament
  
Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession. (See: Analecta Scotica, Edinburgh, 1834).

Contents

Map of Polton, UK

Notable Residents

  • Thomas de Quincey the English writer, lived here in the latter part of his life, until his death in 1859.
  • Charles Thomas Clough an eminent geologist, lived at St Ann's Mount, Polton with his family

    • References

    Polton Wikipedia
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