Penicuik, a town of Edinburghshire, on the left bank of the North Esk, 10 miles S. of Edinburgh by road, but 16 by a branch line (1872). It has a Romanesque church-tower and large paper-mills, dating from 1709; whilst 2 miles NNE. are Glencorse barracks (1804–82), originally a depot for French prisoners. Pop. (1841) 907; (1891) 3562. See Wilson's Annals of Penicuik (Edin. 1891).
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