PATHHEAD, a village, in the parish of Crichton,
county of Edinburgh, 4i miles (S. E.) from Dalkeith;
containing 843 inhabitants. This is a neat village, situated
on the high road from Dalkeith to Fala, and is of
a remarkably cheerful appearance, on which account,
and from the beautiful scenery in the vicinity, it is a
favourite summer retreat. The principal street is broad
and well built, and in the neighbourhood are several
elegant residences. At the foot of the village is a handsome
bridge over the Tyne water, lately erected on the
Ford property, under the direction of Sir John Dalrymple;
it consists of five arches, eighty feet high, and
fifty feet in span, and crosses the beautiful vale between
Ford and the finely-wooded grounds of Preston Hall
and Oxenford. A post-olhce has two arrivals and despatches
daily. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in
the collieries of the district. In the village is a Free
church, and near it is another place of worship for dissenters:
there are also two or three schools, one of them
an infants' school under the patronage of Mrs. Burn Callender,
of Preston Hall.