Midlothian (also Known As Edinburghshire)
Note: The royal burgh of Edinburgh and its liberties formed a separate county of itself from the thirteenth century.
| Burgh | Date of adoption of police system |
Earlier burghal history | Post Union parliamentary burgh status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnyrigg and Lasswade burgh | 1930 | Formed 1930 from two burghs | None |
| Bonnyrigg burgh | 1865–1920 † | None | None |
| Dalkeith burgh | 1878 | Burgh of barony 1401 Burgh of regality 1540 |
None |
| Lasswade burgh | 1881–1920 † | None | None |
| Leith burgh | 1862–1920 ‡ | Burgh of barony 1636 Parliamentary burgh 1832 |
One of the Leith Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Loanhead burgh | 1884 | Burgh of barony 1669 | None |
| Musselburgh burgh | 1849 | Burgh of regality 1562 Parliamentary burgh 1832 |
One of the Leith Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
| Penicuik burgh | 1866 | None | None |
| Portobello burgh | 1850–1896 ‡ | Parliamentary burgh 1832 | One of the Leith Burghs 1832 to 1918 |
† Burghs merged 1920
‡ Burghs absorbed by Edinburgh royal burgh in years shown (Portobello continued, however, as a separate parliamentary burgh until 1918)
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