Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Howgate

Howgate, a village in Penicuik parish, Edinburghshire, 1¾ mile SSE of Penicuik town and 11 miles S of Edinburgh. It has a U.P. church, rebuilt in 1855, a public school, and copious waterworks, opened in May 1872. From Howgate, be it remembered, came ' Rab' and his two best friends.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Penicuik ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Howgate

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