# Dewartown

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{one source|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | static_image_name=   Dewartown - geograph.org.uk - 328123.jpg
 | static_image_caption=  The road through Dewartown
 | official_name=       Dewartown
 | gaelic_name=        Baile nan Deòireach	
 | label_position=      left
 | country =            Scotland
 | population = 
 | population_ref = 
 | os_grid_reference=   NT377640
 | map_type=            Scotland
 | coordinates = {{coord|55.866|-2.995|display=inline,title}}
 | post_town=           GOREBRIDGE
 | postcode_area=       EH
 | postcode_district=   EH23
 | dial_code=           01875
 | lieutenancy_scotland= [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian)
 | unitary_scotland= [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian)
 | constituency_westminster= [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | constituency_scottish_parliament= [Midlothian North and Musselburgh](/source/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
}}

'''Dewartown''' is a small hamlet in [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian), Scotland (near [Pathhead](/source/Pathhead%2C_Midlothian) and [Mayfield](/source/Mayfield%2C_Midlothian)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1571.html|title=Dewartown|publisher=[Gazetteer for Scotland](/source/Gazetteer_for_Scotland)|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

Its name relates to the Dewar family who owned the nearby [Vogrie House](/source/Vogrie_House) and Estate which is now in [Vogrie Country Park](/source/Vogrie_Country_Park). The village is reputed to have had five public houses during the 19th century, providing for the many farm workers, miners and house staff from the local community. 
Dewartown is still not listed on many maps, despite the fact a number of the cottages date back to the early 18th century.

Signs erected in the late 1990s depicted the village as 'Dewarton', rather than 'Dewartown'. These were replaced with the latter spelling, despite the fact both spellings are competent, the former being a regional contraction, vis 'ton' meaning 'town'.

==See also==
*[List of places in Midlothian](/source/List_of_places_in_Midlothian)

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