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Milton Bridge

Midlothian

 

Bush Loan

Between the A701 and A702 from what is now the Bush Farm Inn
through to a junction near Easter Howgate

Question

Donald Grant wrote:

Midlothian Police

"I noticed that one of your visitors seems to have some information on Midlothian Police.

My wife was brought up in a cottage in Bush Loan, Milton Bridge and the cottage apparently used to be either a Police house or Station.  (I'm not sure which.) There is credence to this claim, as I saw for  myself the steel door on what used to be the cell.

Woodside Cottage

The cottage when my wife and her family stayed there was called Woodside Cottage.  After they moved out, it was divided into two cottages.

I believe that when originally built it had been two cottages but a connecting passage was created at some time to make one dwelling from the two. As far as I know it dates back to the Eighteenth century and is a listed building.

Can anybody confirm the details above?  What else is known about the Bush Loan Police Station or Police House?"

Donald Grant:  Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland: April 22, 2008

Donald:  I've passed your question on to Edward McMillan who gave me some useful information about Police stations in Midlothian a couple of weeks ago.

Peter Stubbs:  April 26, 2008

 

Cottages at Milton Bridge

Woodside Cottage

Thank you to Donald Grant for sending me photographs of Woodside Cottage, taken in the 1980s and in 2008.  The cottage looks very similar in both photos.

Here is the photo taken in 2008:

Woodside Cottage at Milton Bridge ©

Donald Grant:  Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland: April 27, 2008

 

Answer

Thank you to Edward McMillan who wrote:

Woodside and Fields-end

"Woodside was a county police station until 1936. I think the cottages were acquired by the police authority about the turn of the last century, but I have not  been able to ascertain the exact date.

In the early 1900's it had also been necessary to post a Penicuik officer to Fields-end where there was an influx of workers and families living in huts around a development there. Fields-end sub-station was only in existence for a short time."

Midlothian Police

At that time there were county constables stationed at Woodside, Silverburn and Milton Cottages. These were all existing buildings acquired by the police authority and adapted for use as single-man stations.

They were replaced in 1936 by three new purpose built police station/houses at Silverburn, Seafield (Bilston), and Glencorse."

Midlothian Constabulary General Order - 1936

"This order records

Transfers

-  PC Hall from Woodside to Silverburn (New Station) on 23rd July 1936.

-  PC Bisset from Milton Cottages to Glencorse (New Station) on 23rd July 1936.

-  PC Vivers from Roslin to Seafield ( New Station) on 23rd July 1936."

Police Stations Closed

-  Woodside ceased to be a police station as from 23rd July 1936.

-  Milton Cottages ceased to be a police station as from 23rd July 1936."

Edward McMillan, Edinburgh:  May 1, 2008

 

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