Place:Inveresk (village), Midlothian, Scotland
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NameInveresk (village)
TypeVillage
Coordinates55.9366°N 3.0468°W
Located inMidlothian, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoLothian, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
East Lothian (council area), Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


Note: Inveresk was traditionally part of Midlothian (previously Edinburghshire), but in the reorganization of 1996, it was placed in East Lothian.

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Inveresk (Gaelic: Inbhir Easg) is a village in East Lothian, Scotland situated to the south of Musselburgh. It has been designated a conservation area since 1969. It is situated on slightly elevated ground on the north bank of a loop of the River Esk. This ridge of ground, 20 to 25 metres above sea level, was used by the Romans as the location for Inveresk Roman Fort in the 2nd century AD.

The prefix "Inver" (Gaelic inbhir) means a river mouth and refers to the point where the River Esk meets the Firth of Forth.

The village was formerly in the Midlothian parish of Inveresk and developed separately from the burgh of Musselburgh.

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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 when it had a number of collieries. Many of the places cannot be found even on maps circa 1900.

Refer also to the parish of Inveresk.

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