Burghmuirhead

Burghmuirhead

Burghmuirhead (alternatively Boroughmuirhead) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The area lies between Bruntsfield to the north and Morningside to the south. West is Merchiston and east is Greenhill and then The Grange.

The area was once part of the lands of Greenhill. It takes its name from the Burgh Muir, an area of oak forest which stretched over much of today's south Edinburgh; all that now remains is the parkland of Bruntsfield Links.

The name is remembered in Boroughmuirhead Post Office, and also was the former name of the now Grangebank House, located down a lane to the west of Morningside Road.

Today the names Holy Corner and Church Hill are more commonly used to describe the respective northern and southern parts of Burghmuirhead.

References

# Smith, Charles J., "Morningside", John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1992. ISBN 0-85976-354-4
# Cant, Michael, "Villages of Edinburgh" volumes 1 & 2, John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1986-1987. ISBN 0-85976-131-2 & ISBN 0-85976-186-X
# Grant, James, "Old and new Edinburgh" volumes 1-3 (or 1-6, edition dependent), Cassell, 1880s (published as a periodical): [http://www.oldandnewedinburgh.co.uk/ Online edition]

External links

* [http://heritage.scotsman.com/myths.cfm?id=15172006 Scotsman newspaper: historical article on the use of the Burgh Muir for plague victims]


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