GOREBRIDGE, a village, in the parish of Temple,
county of Edinburgh, 3 miles (N. E.) from Temple;
containing 240 inhabitants. It is situated in a detached
portion of the parish between the parishes of Borthwick
and Newbattle, and derives its name from a bridge
over the Gore burn, a tributary to the South Esk. A
considerable increase in its population has latterly taken
place, caused by the establishment of the manufacture
of gunpowder, mills for which were built at Stobhill, in
the vicinity of the village, in the year 1794, these being
the first mills of the kind erected in Scotland. The
Hawick line of railway passes by Gorebridge, where it
has a station, twelve miles distant from the Edinburgh
terminus. The inhabitants generally attend the church
at Borthwick, which is somewhat nearer than that of
Temple. There is a place of worship in the village in
connexion with the United Presbyterian Synod. Two
schools are held, and here is a good subscription library
of about 800 volumes.