Newtongrange
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Newtongrange is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. It became Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery and a shaft over 1600 feet deep. This closed in 1981 but today houses the Scottish Mining Museum, an Achor Point of ERIH - The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
From its humble beginnings in 1843 with 100 souls, the church in Newtongrange grew to see its roll rise to over 1,000 in the 1950s. On 16th January 2003, the parishes of Newtongrange and Newbattle united to form a new Newbattle parish. The new parish is in fact that which existed before the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843.
Newtongrange is known for its yearly Brass in the Park event where brass bands play live over a three day event.
They have a junior football team - Newtongrange Star - who play at New Victoria Park in the village.
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Newtongrange is holmed to Newtongrange Primary School and is expanding so much that a new primary school will soon have to built as long as several new housing schemes. The newest of housing schemes was built up by the Mining Museum and consisted of two streets; Colliery Cresent and Colliery View, named by school pupil Kerry Morrison.
