The material in this website has been researched and written by the Baberton Mains History Group, a subcommittee of Juniper Green Community Council. Members of the Community Council have been supportive throughout the project.

The core members of the group were: 
Muriel Adam, Barbara Badger,Liz Beevers, Isobel Johnstone, Lorraine McCafferty, Helen Ogg, Julie Watt and Val Wilson.

Thanks are also due to Val Hawkins, Alan Lucas, the late Scott Anderson, John Scott, Tommy Notman, Robert Whitton, staff at Juniper Green Primary School, David Smith and Richard Watt.

Grateful thanks are also extended to all the other participants whose contributions assisted with the completion of this project.

References

National Records of Scotland:-

- Registers of Sasines
- Court of Session records
- Register House Plans
- Census
- Valuation Office Field Books

Newspapers

- Edinburgh Evening News
- The Scotsman

Midlothian Valuation Rolls for Fernieflat and Baberton (Midlothian Local Studies)
Registers of Scotland.
Resources of Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
Licensed Digital Collections (National Library of Scotland
Statistical Account and New Statistical Account for both Colinton and Currie.
Tweedie, John, Our Parish
Tweedie, John, A Water of Leith Walk
Juniper Green1707 –2007 History in the Making.
Kasti, Joe Malicious History, Speedy Publishing (Newark) 2013
MacKechnie, Aonghus, Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton: King’s Master of Works, 1607-1634͛, The Mirror of Great Britain; National Identity in Seventeenth Century British Architecture, Olivia Horsfall Turner (ed), Spire Books Ltd (Reading) 2012
Mackenzie-Stuart, A J., A French King at Holyrood, John Donald Publishers Ltd (Edinburgh) 1995
Steuart, James, Notes for a History of Colinton Parish. 1938

Reminiscences

Thanks to many who shared their memories and photographs of Baberton Mains with us:

Mr and Mrs P. Tuffy
Mrs E. McArdle
Mrs Susan Dewhurst
Mrs Jenny Anderson
Mrs Helen Ogg
Mrs Mary Hinselwood
Mr Alex Smith
Mr Mercer
Mr and Mrs John Fisher
Mr Ian Marshall
Mr and Mrs Ian Gilmour.
Mr Robert Barr Sr.
Mrs Evelyn Whitfield
The Perriss family
Bill Blair
Mr B & Mrs J Mosedale
Mr and Mrs Curr
Jannette Campbell
Mr and Mrs J McBain
Mr and Mrs A Buchan
Mrs I Johnstone
Mrs M Adam

History Quilt

Thanks to the ladies who kindly volunteered each week to help teach the children of P6 to sew and assist with making this project a success.

Helen Ogg
Isobel Johnstone
Lorraine McCafferty
Judy Hill
Jannette Dickson
Eileen Craig
Carol Meldrum
Beate Dennis

Organisations which have supported the Project

The Cruden Group
C&B News
Currie, Balerno and District Round Table
Paul Watt Photography
Taylor Wimpey