Esk Mills
Location type
WorksName and dates
Esk Mills (1805-1968)Served by the Penicuik Railway.
Description
Originally cotton mills on the west bank of the River North Esk by 1820 this paper mill was owned by James Brown and Co. Before the opening of the Penicuik Railway it was apparently served by sidings at Rosslynlee (although Loanstone Sidings were closer and much more likely, probably considered under Rosslynlee's accounts).
A siding from the 1872 Penicuik Railway approached from the south. The railway was on the east side of the works. A signal box controlled access. From the junction, south of the works, the line crossed a large mill lade and the River North Esk to the east bank before reaching Eskbridge station to the north.
Esparto Grass was delivered from Granton Esparto Wharf.
The railway closed in 1967 and mill in 1968.
The mill site is now a housing estate.
Local
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Tags
Cotton mill paper mill sidingsAliases
Esk Mill Esk Mill Paper MillExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
05/04/2020
| Nearby stations Eskbridge Penicuik [2nd] Pomathorn Halt Auchendinny Glencorse Rosslynlee Hospital Halt Rosslynlee Rosslyn Castle Roslin Leadburn Rosewell and Hawthornden Polton Loanhead Lasswade Lamancha | Low Mill Valleyfield Mill Loanstone Sidings Pomathorn Mill Eastfield Colliery Bank Mill Penicuik Gas Works Mauricewood Pit Dalmore Mill Auchendinny Tunnel Auchendinny Viaduct Tourist/other Valleyfield Monument Uttershill Castle Firth Crossing Glencorse Barracks |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 27/03/1967 | Penicuik Railway Hawthornden Junction to Esk Mills paper mill closed to freight. |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |  Old Penicuik |
