Bank Mill
Location type
WorksName and dates
Bank Mill (1803-1975)Served by the Penicuik Railway.
Description
This mill was on the west side of Bridge Street in Penicuik, on the north bank of the River North Esk. It was converted from a very long established corn mill into a paper mill by the owners of the Valleyfield Mill in 1803. It specialised in making paper for banknotes.
Thomas Telford's road and bridge over the North Esk date from 1812.
The mill was, from 1872, served by a siding of the Penicuik Railway. The siding ran round the south side of Penicuik station pass under Bridge Street to reach the mill from the east.
The siding was removed before closure of the railway in 1967. The mill closed in 1975. Some of the buildings survive, now in other uses. These are the last mill buildings in Penicuik (other than the much more modern Pomathorn Mill buildings).
Tags
Paper mill banknoteExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Penicuik [2nd] Pomathorn Halt Eskbridge Glencorse Auchendinny Rosslynlee Hospital Halt Leadburn Rosslynlee Rosslyn Castle Roslin Rosewell and Hawthornden Lamancha Polton Loanhead Macbie Hill | Valleyfield Mill Low Mill Pomathorn Mill Esk Mills Eastfield Colliery Loanstone Sidings Penicuik Gas Works Mauricewood Pit Dalmore Mill Greenlaw Colliery Tourist/other Uttershill Castle Valleyfield Monument Firth Crossing Venture Fair Crossing Glencorse Barracks |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |  Old Penicuik |
