Musselburgh

Musselburgh

Musselburgh (spr. mösselbörro), Stadt in Edinburghshire (Schottland), an der Mündung des Esk in den Firth of Forth, hat eine Lateinschule (16. Jahrh.), Netz- und Segeltuchfabrikation, einen kleinen Hafen, einen Rennplatz und (1901) 11,704 Einw. Von den fünf Brücken über den Esk soll eine von den Römern herstammen. In der Nähe Pinkie House (Sieg der Engländer über die Schotten 1547) und Carberry Hill, wo Maria Stuart sich 1567 dem aufständischen Adel überlieferte.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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