STOBBSMILLS, a village, partly in the parish of BoRTHWicK, and partly in the parish of Temple, county of Edinburgh, 1| mile (N. W.) from the village of Borthwick; containing 203 inhabitants. In this place were established, in 1794, the works of the first gunpowder manufactory erected in Scotland. The village lies in a secluded vale, along which flows a rivulet tributary to the South Esk, and useful in turning the mills of the factory, which is still conducted on an extensive scale. The gunpowder made here is exported to almost every part of tlie world. See Temple.