Place:Coalpit, Midlothian, Scotland

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NameCoalpit
TypeHamlet
Coordinates55.93233°N 3.07551°W
Located inMidlothian, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoInveresk, Midlothian, Scotlandparish in which Cowpits is located
Lothian, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
East Lothian (council area), Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996

Coalpit was a mining hamlet in the parish of Inveresk, close to the North British Railway, west of the Town of Inveresk.

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Refer to the Parish of Inveresk.

The National Library of Scotland has a map from the First Ordnance Survey One-Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland 1856-1891 that shows this area in the middle of the 19th century. Many of the places cannot be found even on maps circa 1900.