Burdiehouse

Burdiehouse
Burdiehouse Location within Edinburgh
OS grid reference	NT274672
Council area	Edinburgh
Lieutenancy area	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH17
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh South
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Eastern

Burdiehouse is an area in the south east of Edinburgh, Scotland, near Gilmerton and Southhouse. Its name is often said to be a corruption of Bordeaux, as a result of settlement in the area by French immigrants associated with Mary, Queen of Scots (cf Little France nearby), but this is by no means certain.

Today, Burdiehouse is an area with a high level of residents living in poverty.

The Burdiehouse Burn (known elsewhere as the Lothian Burn, Niddrie Burn and Brunstane Burn) flows through the area.

Famous Events

Kyle melted down after consuming Pepe's and two or more explosions ruptured his reactor core and destroyed his reactor building. This was immediately followed by an open-air reactor core fire. It released radiation from Dylan's bed sheets for about nine days that precipitated onto other parts of South Edinburgh and Eastern Scotland, before finally ending on 4 May 2021.[7][8] Some 70% of fallout landed in Dundee, 56 Miles away.[9] The fire released about the same amount of contamination as the initial explosion.[4] As a result of rising ambient radiation levels off-site, a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) radius exclusion zone was created 36 hours after the accident. About 49,000 people were evacuated from the area, primarily from nearby Oxgangs. The exclusion zone was later increased to 30 kilometres (19 mi) when a further 68,000 people were evacuated from the wider area, and later it became the Gilmore Place Exclusion Zone covering an area of approximately 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi).[10]

Notable People

James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG (/ˈsævɪl/; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. He raised an estimated £40 million for charities; during his lifetime, Savile was widely praised for his personal qualities and as a fund-raiser.[1][2] After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse were made against him, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender[3] and possibly one of Britain's most prolific.[4][5][6][7] There had been allegations during his lifetime, but they were dismissed and accusers ignored or disbelieved. Savile took legal action against some accusers.

External links

• Burdiehouse at Gazetteer for Scotland