Pencaitland
Pencaitland | |
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Winton Arms, Pencaitland | |
Location within Scotland | |
Population | 1,480 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NT443690 |
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Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TRANENT |
Postcode district | EH34 |
Dialling code | 01875 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-east of Edinburgh, 5 mi (8 km) south-west of Haddington, and 1 mi (2 km) east of Ormiston.
The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by
The
Etymology
The name "Pencaitland" may derive from the Old Brythonic meaning "Head of the Woodland"[3]
Pencaitland Community Council
Pencaitland Community Council meets 10 times throughout the year, typically on the last Wednesday of the month at the Trevelyan Hall in Wester Pencaitland. The Community Council is constituted from fifteen members of the local population along with the locally elected representatives of the Fa'side catchment. This catchment extends to New Winton and Boggs Holdings to the north and Peastonbank to the south.[citation needed]
Winton Castle
1⁄2 mile (800 metres) northwest of Pencaitland is Winton Castle, the original square
This "peculiar and beautiful structure",[5] is situated on a steep embankment sloping down to the valley of the Tyne. Hunnewell (The Lands of Scott) says: "this Jacobean mansion was that of Ravenswood in The Bride of Lammermoor. There is, of course, a ghost-room in the upper part of the house; but I saw nothing uncanny about it, twice that I was there."
In 1630, Lord Winton had completed half of the house, beginning at Wallace's Tower, which had been burned, and continuing as far as Jacob's Tower. Another room, called the King's Chamber, is said to have been occupied by
Thinking that better times were now at hand, the Earl of Winton caused to be carved on a fine stone tablet upon the frontispiece of his new building a crown supported by a thistle between two roses, signifying the union of Scotland and England. Under it he caused to be inscribed in deep letters of gold this Latin verse: Unio Nune Stoque Cadoque Tuis. Mylne makes a note upon this, saying: "Ye Union was ye cause of the families' ruin".
The Wintons' tenure lasted until 1715 when
Winton is now the family home of Sir Francis and Lady Ogilvy.[citation needed]
Fountainhall
3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) south-west of Pencaitland is Fountainhall, a late 16th-century mansion extended in the early 17th century on the same intimate scale and with the same materials, fine-grained
Most of the internal finishings are the work of the Lauders from the early 18th century, with much panelling and plaster cornices. After the Lauders finally parted with Fountainhall in the 1920s, the removal of a lath-and-plaster wall revealed a tapestry in situ, dating from about 1700. There is a 17th-century walled garden adjoining the east of the house, and to the south of the house is a ruined 17th century dovecote, later imitated by the erection of another, identical, nearby. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland suggests that the two buildings flanked an 18th-century pedestrian access to the house.[6]
Church
The Pencaitland parish
Former Ministers include
The manse, to the south of the church, was erected in the early 19th century in a 'pretty Gothic' style with canted bays.
Winton Brewery
Winton Brewery originated from a garage in Vinefields, Pencaitland in 2017. Steven Holligan and David Mackinnon, originally from Haddington, both reside in the village and with substantial growth, the brewery is now located to Haddington. Winton Brewery is a multiple Award Winning Brewery with successes in the Scottish Beer Awards 2023 and other industry recognised awards.[citation needed]
District
The Pencaitland to
Pencaitland is also the location of recording studio Castle Sound Studios, founded by producer
Located a short distance from the village is Glenkinchie distillery, which produces Scotch whisky, marketed by Diageo as part of their Classic Malts range.
Tyneholm House is a Category B listed mansion house designed by William Burn in 1835 for Patrick Dudgeon. [1] The house was later a seat of a branch of the Trevelyan family. It became a Dr Barnardo's Children's Home in the mid-twentieth century and in the 1980s a nursing home. Now in use again as a private home.
The Trevelyan Hall in Wester Pencaitland was erected in 1883 by Mrs. Trevelyan of
Pencaitland receives a mention in Shaun Keaveny's book "R2D2 Lives in Preston" (2010).
Transport
The nearest railway station is in Longniddry. There is a half-hourly ScotRail service to and from North Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley.
The Gifford Circle route (123) run by Eve Coaches also connects Pencaitland with Haddington and other villages in East Lothian.
Famous Residents
- judoka and 2012 Olympics contender, was educated at Pencaitland Primary School.[17]
- The Lauder Baronetsof Fountainhall.
- Sir Andrew Lauder, 5th Baronetof Fountainhall.
- Jock Taylor (1954–1982), British World Champion motorcycle sidecar racer.
- Very Rev Angus Makellar DD, minister of Pencaitland and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1840 during his term as minister.[18] He was also Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1852 having left the established church in the Disruption of 1843.[19]
- Rev Robert Douglas, minister of the parish 1669 to 1674
References
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Pencaitland – Perth, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland". Retrieved 30 May 2009 – via British History Online.
- ^ Scottish Place Name Society. "Brittonic Language in the Old North". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ISBN 0-14-071066-3
- ^ Billings, Robert; Burton, John, The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd (1901)
- ISBN 0-14-071066-3
- ^ Ian Stoughton Holbourn : The Lusitania Resource
- ^ East Lothian Antiquarian Society
- ^ East Lothian Life. issue 62. 'Fountainhall, a hidden treasure' by James Denham.
- ^ Makellar, Angus (1845). The New Statistical Account of Scotland. Vol. 2. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 344–355.
- ISBN 0-14-071066-3
- ^ Scott, Hew (1915). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 383-387.
- ^ "Linn Records". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "WESTER PENCAITLAND TEMPERANCE HALL WITH RAILINGS (Category C Listed Building) (LB18945)". Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Changes planned to give village pub a future". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "EastCoastBuses".
- ^ "Euan Burton back to school to showcase his skills". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project".
- ^ Wylie, James Aitken (1881). Disruption worthies : a memorial of 1843, with an historical sketch of the free church of Scotland from 1843 down to the present time. Edinburgh: T. C. Jack. pp. 397-404.
External links
- Pencaitland Community Council
- Winton House
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Overview of Pencaitland
- Historical data from Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1903) and the Topographical History of Scotland (1846).