Musselburgh

Classification and Statistics Settlement Type: town Population (2001): 22112     (1991): 20630 (1981): 19082 (Combined with Inveresk and Wallyford) (1971): 16849 (1961): 17272 (1951): 17010 (1901): 11704 (Parliamentary Burgh) (1881): 7866 (1871): 7513 (1861): 7423 (1851): 7092 (1841): 6366 Tourist Rating: Text of Entry Updated: 13-JAN-2012

Location Latitude: 55.9428°N Longitude: 3.0502°W National Grid Reference: NT 345 727 Show Maps:           Get directions by entering the UK postcode of your location, home or hotel here eg. EH1 3YT

Geography

Musselburgh was always a burgh of Midlothian, until it was detached in the local government reorganisation of 1975 to increase the population of East Lothian. This situation persisted through the further reorganisation of 1996.

References and Further Reading

Paterson, James (1857) History of The Regality of Musselburgh. James Gordon, Musselburgh.
Wilkie, James (1919) Historic Musselburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh

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