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