Auchendinny

Human settlement in Scotland

Auchendinny

Location within Midlothian

OS grid referenceNT253621Council area

Midlothian

Lieutenancy area

Midlothian

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townPENICUIKPostcode districtEH26Dialling code01968PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Midlothian

Scottish Parliament

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

List of places: UK; Scotland

55°50′49″N 3°11′31″W / 55.847°N 3.192°W / 55.847; -3.192

Auchendinny (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an t-Sionnaich, meaning field of the fox) is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development.^[1] Nearby Auchendinny House was the last country house designed by gentleman architect Sir William Bruce.^[2]

Buildings of Note

Penicuik was the heart of the Scottish paper industry,^[3] and the nearby mill (the Brunt Mill) at Auchendinny was established in 1716. The mill was destroyed by fire in the 1840s.^[4] It became a laundry in 1856, serving Queen Victoria during her residence at Holyroodhouse, and operated as such until the 1960s.^[5]

Auchendinny House was remodelled by Robert Lorimer in 1900.^[6]

Notables

Billy Purvis (1853), entertainer and showman
George Affleck, footballer for Grimsby Town and Leeds City ^[7]

References

^ "New build homes Scotland | 2 - 5 Bedroom Homes for sale in Scotland | Miller Homes". www.millerhomes.co.uk.
^ Fenwick, Hubert, Architect Royal, Roundwood Press, 1970
^ "Penicuik Branch". spellerweb.net.
^ "Auchendinny Mill | Penicuik Trust". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Penicuik Papermaking 300th Anniversary - Auchindinny Mill". www.penicuikpapermaking.org.
^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer
^ "Affleck George Image 1 Leeds City 1910". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 4 December 2021.