Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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&nbsp;The name&nbsp; of this parish is said to signify, in Gaelic, ''the Cuckoo's hill''.&nbsp; This parish seems, of old, to have been dedicated to St. Mungo, whose memory still lingers about a copious spring, hard by the church.&nbsp; How, or when, the worthy saint became connected with the parish is not known.&nbsp; About 1810, extensive paper manufactories were turned by Government into depots for prisoners of war and the cottages attached to them into barracks for the military.&nbsp; The paper-mills of Valleyfield were fitted for the reception of 6000 prisoners, while those of Eskmills accommodated 1500 British soldiers.&nbsp; This was very unfavorable to the social and religious&nbsp; well-being of the parish.&nbsp; At the close of the war in 1814, the mills happily returned to their former owners and purposes.&nbsp; The records of the parish registers begin in 1654 and continure to the present time.(1839)&nbsp; The population in 1801 was 1705, and in 1835 was 2286.&nbsp; The land is primary used for cattle, sheep, and paper making.&nbsp; 1434 people are of the Established Church, 852 are Dissenter, chiefly of the Secession body, and there are not 10 Roman Catholics in the parish.  

'''Source: '''''New Statistical Account of Scotland (''FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol.1)  

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