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

Smeaton, a railway station on the S border of Inveresk parish, Edinburghshire, on the Macmerry railway, 4 miles SE of Portobello.

Smeaton through time

Smeaton is now part of EAST LOTHIAN Council. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST LOTHIAN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smeaton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27046

Date accessed: 21st January 2026


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