Kirkhill, a village in Penicuik and Lasswade parishes, Edinburghshire, on the North Esk, ½ mile NE of Penicuik- town. Standing on rising-grounds, it has been extended since 1861 from the left to the right bank of the river; and it is mainly inhabited by papermakers. Pop. (1861) 342, (1871) 671, (1881) 755, of whom 505 were in Penicuik parish.Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
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