EDMONSTONE, a village, in the parish of Newton,
county of Edinburgh, 3| miles (S. E. by E.) from
Edinburgh; containing 143 inhabitants. It lies in the
western part of the parish, and is one of several small
villages within its hmits, some of which consist of long
rows of red-tiled houses, chiefly inhabited by colliers.
The road from Edinburgh to Dalkeith passes at a short
distance on the south; and a little westward of the
village is Edmonstone House, an elegant residence finely
situated amidst beautiful plantations. The chapel at
Edmonstone is a handsome building in the later English
style, now used only as a mausoleum for the Wauchop
family, of Edmonstone House.