Dewartown
Dewartown is a small hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland. Its name relates to the Dewar family who owned the nearby Vogrie House and Estate which is now in Vogrie Country Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dewar Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vogrie Country Park and Oxenfoord Castle.
Vogrie Country Park
Park
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vogrie Country Park in Scotland is managed by Midlothian Council. It consists of a woodland estate surrounding the Victorian Vogrie House. It is located around 12 miles from Edinburgh between Pathhead and Gorebridge.
Oxenfoord Castle
Castle
Photo: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxenfoord Castle is a country house in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located 1 kilometre north of Pathhead, Midlothian, and 6 kilometres south-east of Dalkeith, above the Tyne Water.
Vogrie House
Building
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vogrie House forms the centrepiece of Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian. It was built for James Dewar and his family in 1876 by Andrew Heiton, the town architect for Perth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edgehead and Cranston.
Edgehead
Hamlet
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edgehead, also known as Chesterhill, is a hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland.
Cranston
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cranston is a parish of Midlothian, Scotland, lying 4+1⁄4 miles south-east of Dalkeith. It is bounded by the parishes of Inveresk and Ormiston on the east, by Crichton and Borthwick on the south; and by Newbattle on the west and north.
Pathhead
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pathhead is a conservation village in Midlothian, Scotland.
Dewartown
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86641° or 55° 51′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.99427° or 2° 59′ 39″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
9C7VV284+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 863202865OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Dewartown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dewartown”
- Dutch: “Dewartown”
- French: “Dewartown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Gate-Lodge, Vogrie House and Dewar Town Glen Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dewartown”. Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.