Dewartown

Dewartown

The road through the Dewartown
Dewartown
 Dewartown shown within Midlothian
OS grid referenceNT377640
Civil parishBorthwick
Newbattle
Council areaMidlothian
Lieutenancy areaMidlothian
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GOREBRIDGE
Postcode district EH23
Dialling code 01875
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentMidlothian
Scottish ParliamentMidlothian North and Musselburgh
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 55°51′58″N 2°59′42″W / 55.866°N 2.995°W / 55.866; -2.995

Dewartown is a small hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, near Pathhead and Mayfield.

Its name relates to the Dewar family who owned the nearby Vogrie House and Estate which is now in Vogrie Country Park. The village is reputed to have had five public houses during the 19th century, providing for the many farm workers, miners and house staff from the local community. Dewartown is still not listed on many maps, despite the fact a number of the cottages date back to the early 18th century. Signs erected in the late 1990s depicted the village as 'Dewarton', rather than 'Dewartown'. These were replaced with the latter spelling, despite the fact both spellings are competent, the former being a regional contraction, vis 'ton' meaning 'town'.

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