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Roslin
Roslin shown within Midlothian |
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| OS grid reference | NT268634 |
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| Council area | Midlothian |
| Lieutenancy area | Midlothian |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROSLIN |
| Postcode district | EH25 |
| Dialling code | 0131 |
| Police | Lothian and Borders |
| Fire | Lothian and Borders |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Midlothian |
| Scottish Parliament | Midlothian |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Roslin (sometimes spelt Rosslyn or Roslyn) is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, 7 miles (11km) to the south of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. It is situated approximately 12 miles (20 km) from Edinburgh Airport.
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The name Roslin (c. 1240 Roskelyn) probably derives from the P-Celtic words ros, a moor, and celyn, holly. An alternative derivation from Gaelic words describing the Glen's features: Ros meaning a rocky promontory and Linne meaning a waterfall or pool is also often given[1]. The theory that it is a corruption of Roseline, a supposed early medieval meridian passing through Paris and Rosslyn Chapel[2] is fanciful.
Legend has it the village was founded in 203 A.D. by Asterius, a Pict.
In 1303 Roslin was the site of a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence.
In 1446, Rosslyn Chapel was constructed, under the guide of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness.
Roslin became important as the seat of the St. Clair family. In 1456 King James II granted it the status of a burgh. Coal mining has been a major occupation from the twelfth to the late twentieth centuries.
The village sits on the west side of Roslin Glen, now a country park. Overlooking the Glen are Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle.
The elaborately carved chapel has long been associated with the Knights Templars and the Grail legend, and featured in the best selling book The Da Vinci Code[3]. The popularity of the book and the use of the chapel as a location in the subsequent film greatly increased the number of visitors to the village[4].
Rosslyn Castle, owned by the family of the Earl of Rosslyn since the 14th century, is in partial ruins[5]. The habitable parts are let as holiday accommodation[6].
A monument cairn erected by the Roslin Heritage Society at the end of last century, marks the site of the Battle of Roslin.
On the north-western side of the village is Roslin Institute, a biological research establishment, where in 1996 Dolly the sheep became the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell[7].
The Dunedin, New Zealand suburb of Roslyn was named after Roslin; as was Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts as well as Roslin, Ontario, Canada.
Roslyn (pronounced /ˈrɒzlɨn/ roz-lin) is an affluent village in Nassau County,[8] New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 2,570. Roslyn was once called Hempstead Harbor, but its named changed to Roslyn on September 7, 1844 due to postal confusion regarding all the other "Hempsteads" in Long Island and their distance from each other.[3]
The village of Roslyn is at the eastern edge of the Town of North Hempstead.