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词条 Polton
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  1. Notable residents

  2. See also

  3. External links

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| post_town= LASSWADE
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Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession. (See: Analecta Scotica, Edinburgh, 1834).

Notable residents

  • Thomas de Quincey the English writer, lived here in the latter part of his life, until his death in 1859.
  • Charles Thomas Clough an eminent geologist, lived at St Ann's Mount, Polton with his family

See also

  • Polton railway station
  • Esk Valley Railway (Scotland)

External links

{{Commons category|Polton}}
  • Vision of Britain - History of Polton in Midlothian
{{Midlothian-geo-stub}}

1 : Villages in Midlothian

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