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Old Photographs Bonnyrigg Scotland
Old photograph of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located 8 miles to the south of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. In 1766 a village called Bannockrigg, is shown on maps, then in 1815, the spelling changes to Bannocrig. This spelling remains until 1854, when for some unknown reason the spelling changes to the now familiar Bonnyrigg. The first church in Bonnyrigg was built in 1845 and its first minister was Thomas Pitcairn. In 1865 the villages of Bonnyrigg, Red Row, Polton Street, Hillhead and Broomieknowe combined to form the burgh of Bonnyrigg. Bonnyrigg was a mining village until the 1920s and had a carpet factory that was demolished in 1994. The village centre mostly dates from the 19th Century. Bonnyrigg railway station was a railway station that served the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland from 1855 to 1965 on the Peebles Railway. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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