Pittendreich House, Lasswade

Lasswade is a civil parish and village in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles (14.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh city centre, between Dalkeith and Loanhead. Melville Castle lies to the north east.

The name Lasswade probably dervives from the Old English for læs - meaning meadow and (ge)wæd - meaning ford.^[1]

The current Lasswade Parish Church building was originally built for the former United Presbyterian Church (later United Free Church), which became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929.

The old parish church was built in the 13th century, though little of it today survives. The 17th century Scottish poet, William Drummond of Hawthornden was buried within it. Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet of Fountainhall was born at Melville Mill, Lasswade, in 1595, and the present 18th-century Barony House was known as Lasswade Cottage when Sir Walter Scott rented it (1798-1804). He was visited here by the writer James Hogg (the 'Ettrick Shepherd') and the Wordsworths. Thomas de Quincey, author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater, also lived in nearby Polton for some years from 1843, in the cottage now known as de Quincey Cottage. The Scottish landscape artist William McTaggart moved to Lasswade in 1889, and many of his later works depict the Moorfoot Hills.

Former 19th century industries include paper mills, flour mills and a carpet factory. Created a police burgh in 1881, Lasswade merged with Bonnyrigg in 1929. It was a popular holiday resort in the 19th Century for wealthy Edinburgh residents, yet by the 1950s much of the village's population had left for modern houses in Bonnyrigg.

Lasswade lies within the Edinburgh Green Belt. Most of the population are either retired, or commute into Edinburgh to work. There are, however, several local businesses, including horse riding stables (Edinburgh & Lasswade Riding Centre), a golf driving range and golf course (Melville Golf Centre), an alpine plant nursery (Kevock Garden Plants) and a pub (The Laird and Dog).

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• Lasswade & Rosewell Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
• Lasswade Rugby Football Club
• Local history society

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Coordinates: 55°53′N 3°07′W / 55.883°N 3.117°W / 55.883; -3.117

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Amy Chambers (born 1952) is an Anglican priest in Fiji, and the Principal of St John the Baptist Theological College in Suva.

Born as Amy Fong Toy to a farming family of Chinese descent in Labasa on the northern island of Vanua Levu, she was educated at Labasa Secondary School. She taught for one year at St Mary's School in Labasa before joining the Bank of New Zealand. She left that post after her marriage, and subsequently worked for the Anglican All Saints Secondary School. From 1974 to 1998 she worked for Air Pacific, first in Labasa and then at Nadi International Airport. After a brief stint with Air Fiji, she was accepted by the Anglican Church for training at St John's Theological College in Auckland, New Zealand.

Chambers completed a Diploma in Biblical Studies at St Johns, followed by a Bachelor of Theology degree at the University of Auckland, before returning to Fiji in December 2003.

She is currently a member of the "independent monitoring group", chaired by Sela Molisa, tasked with overseeing the work of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji.^[1]

Chambers has four sons and a daughter. All are married, except for one.

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