Cockpen is a parish in Midlothian, Scotland, containing at its north-west corner the town of Bonnyrigg, which lies two miles south-west of Dalkeith. It is bounded on the west and north by the parish o
Cockpen parish. The yellow-coloured areas were under the jurisdiction of the police burghs of Bonnyrigg and Lasswade.
Dalhousie Castle, former seat of the barony of Dalhousie and of the Ramsays
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, t
Cockpen
…bank lies in the parish of Cockpen. The South Esk briefly forms the southern boundary of the parish then flows northward through the parish past Dalhousie Castle, exiting in the north-east into Newbattle parish. A Parochial Board was established under the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845. Within the parish of Cockpen…