- coal
mines of
Edmonstone to the northwest,
Sheriffhall to the southeast,
Woolmet to the east and
Monktonhall beyond that. The
latter was the last to remain...
-
second marriage, also
named Archibald (1575–1600),
known as
Napier of
Woolmet.
After Laurieston died in 1629 his
widow and
three young children lived...
-
Edinburgh graduating MA in 1695. He
became private chaplain to the
Laird of
Woolmet House. He was
licensed to
preach by the
Presbytery of
Edinburgh in 1702...
-
Highland Light Infantry in
March 1903 and
later worked as a
miner at the
Woolmet Pits. In
September 1914,
shortly after the
outbreak of the
First World...
- had
three sons and two daughters:[citation needed]
Archibald Napier of
Woolmet (1575-1600),
ambushed and
slain on 8
November 1600 in
revenge for the murder...
-
Strivelin (Stirling)
Penicok (Penicuik)
Pentland L****wade
Melville Wymeth (now
Woolmet)
Dodiniston (Duddingston)
Liberton Lestalrig (Restalrig) St Giles, Edinburgh...
- Edmonstone. He died in 1709 and is
buried with
other family members in
Woolmet where the
parish church was
converted into a
private family mausoleum....
-
Petrie married Eleanora Grant,
youngest daughter of
William Macdowall of
Woolmet House, Midlothian, and
granddaughter of Sir
William Dunbar, 3rd Baronet...
-
buildings in Lothian:
Newhailes House Signal Tower (as windmill),
Leith Woolmet House Soutra Aisle (modified). 15
October –
Allan Ramsay, poet (died 1758)...
- was
added in 1954
having been
rescued from the
demolition of the
nearby Woolmet House due to mine workings. By 1999 the
house and
garden were in serious...
