Adamsrow, Squaretown and Redrow
Adamsrow, Squaretown and Redrow
The villages of Adamsrow, Squaretown and Redrow in Newton parish were all small villages or hamlets mainly inhabited by miners. They were all very similar rows of small low roofed houses with red tiled roofs.
no trace of them exists now.
The site they formerly occupied eventually became the location of Monktonhall, one of the National Coal Boards 'super pits' built in the 1960's and closed in 1980s.
Photo of Adamsrow around 1900
1747-55 Roy's Map of Scotland
None of these villages existed at the time this map was compiled. |
1812 - Map of Edinburghshire 
James Knox's map shows Redrow, Adamsrow and Squaretown. |
1824 Map  . |
1856 - Ordnance Survey  This is the first accurate map and shows all three in detail. |