Place:


Bonnington  Midlothian

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Bonnington like this:

Bonninton, a suburb on the mutual border of St Cuthbert's and North Leith parishes, Edinburghshire, on the Water of Leith, and on the Edinburgh and Leith branch of the North British railway, in the south-western vicinity of Leith. It comprises numerous neat villas and good lofty houses; presents an appearance in keeping with the best part of Leith; and has a station on the railway, a U.P. ...


church hall, a girls' public school, and a mineral spring. The U.P. hall, a Gothic edifice, was erected in 1875 at a cost of about £1200, contains 250 sittings, and was to be followed by the erection of a contiguous church.

The location is that shown for Bonnington on modern 1:25,000 maps.

Bonnington through time

Bonnington is now part of Edinburgh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Edinburgh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bonnington itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bonnington, in Edinburgh and Midlothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22027

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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