Roslin
Roslin (previously meant Rosslyn or Roslyn) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, 7 miles (11 kilometres) to the south of the resources city Edinburgh. It depends on high ground, near the northwest bank of the river North Esk. Legend has it the town was founded in 203 A.D. by Asterius, a Pict. In 1303 Roslin was the site of a battle of the First Battle of Scottish Independence. In 1446, Rosslyn Chapel was built, under the overview of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness. Roslin became vital as the seat of the St Clair (or Sinclair) family members. In 1456 King James II approved it the standing of a burgh. Coal mining has been a significant profession from the twelfth to the late twentieth centuries. From the 19th century onward, the attractions of the Glen, Castle as well as Chapel developed Roslin as a popular tourist destination. Remarkable visitors included J. M. W. Turner, William Wordsworth (that wrote a rhyme in the church whilst escaping a storm) as well as his sister Dorothy, that composed "'I never ever travelled through an extra delicious dell than the glen of Rosslyn". William Morris saw in March 1887, keeping in mind in his Socialist Diary that Roslin was "a stunning glen-ny landscape much spoiled, by the torment of Scotch building as well as a manufactory or more." On the north-western side of the village used to be Roslin Institute, a biological research study establishment, where in 1996 Dolly the sheep ended up being the initial pet to be cloned from a grown-up somatic cell. It transferred to Easter Bush in 2011.
