Midlothian

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Midlothian Council Meadhan Lodainn

Location

Geography
Area	Ranked 21st
- Total	354 km²
- % Water	?
Admin HQ	Dalkeith
ISO 3166-2	GB-MLN
ONS code	00QW
Demographics
Population	Ranked 28th
- Total (2006 )	79,300
- Density	224 /km² (580 /sq mi)
Politics
Midlothian Council http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/
Control	Labour (minority control)
MPs	David Hamilton, Labour
MSPs	Rhona Brankin, Labour

Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas.

The council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the Midlothian district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and it consisted of the local government county of Midlothian, minus the burgh of Musselburgh and Calder, Cramond, Currie and Inveresk areas.

1 Midlothian and Edinburgh
2 Constituencies
3 Towns and villages
4 Places of interest
5 Notable People Associated with Midlothian
6 Schools in Midlothian
7 Twinning
8 Famous Battles

[edit] Midlothian and Edinburgh

The county of Midlothian was known, officially, as the County of Edinburgh until 1921, and was sometimes called Edinburghshire during the 19th century. Traces of this can be found in the name of the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the Royal Mile, and Heart of Midlothian F.C., both of which are based firmly within the city boundaries, and are no longer part of Midlothian at all.

[edit] Constituencies

There is a Midlothian constituency of the Scottish Parliament and a Midlothian constituency of the House of Commons.

[edit] Towns and villages

[edit] Places of interest

[edit] Notable People Associated with Midlothian

Further information: Category:People from Midlothian

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wrote the novel The Heart of Midlothian and lived at Lasswade Cottage (now Sir Walter Scott's Cottage) in Lasswade from 1798 to 1804, where he wrote his Grey Brother, translation of Goetz von Berlichingen, etc and was visited by Wordsworth.
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649), Scottish poet.
William Gladstone (1809-1898), MP for Midlothian 1880-1895 and conducted his famous Midlothian campaign across the UK in 1880
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822), lived in Lasswade from 1840 until his death in 1859. He had his headquarters and family abode at Man's Bush Cottage (now De Quincey Villa).
John Clerk, Lord Eldin (1757-1832), Scottish Judge, lived in Lasswade for several years.
William Tennant, the author of Anster Fair, was parish schoolmaster in Lasswade from 1816 to 1819.
Thomas Murray (1792-1872), the Gallovidian author, died in Lasswade.
John Clerk of Penicuik, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755), was a Scottish politician, lawyer, judge, composer and architect.
William McTaggart (1835-1910), Scottish landscape painter, lived in Lasswade

[edit] Schools in Midlothian

[edit] Primary schools

Bonnyrigg Primary School, Bonnyrigg
Cornbank St James Primary School, Penicuik
Cuiken Primary School, Penicuik
Danderhall Primary School, Danderhall, Dalkeith
Glencorse Primary School, Milton Bridge, Penicuik
Gorebridge Primary School, Gorebridge
Hawthornden Primary School, Bonnyrigg
Hopefield Primary School, Bonnyrigg
King's Park Primary School, Dalkeith
Lawfield Primary School, Mayfield, Dalkeith
Lasswade Primary School, Bonnyrigg
Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead
Mauricewood Primary School, Penicuik
Mayfield Primary School, Mayfield, Dalkeith
Moorfoot Primary School, Gorebridge
Newtongrange Primary School, Newtongrange, Dalkeith
Paradykes Primary School, Loanhead
Rosewell Primary School, Rosewell
Roslin Primary School, Roslin
Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Penicuik
St Andrew's RC Primary School, Gorebridge
St David's RC Primary School, Dalkeith
St Luke's RC Primary School, Mayfield, Dalkeith
St Margaret's RC Primary School, Loanhead
St Mary's RC Primary School, Bonnyrigg
St Matthew's RC Primary School, Rosewell
Stobhill Primary School, Gorebridge
Strathesk Primary School, Penicuik
Tynewater Primary School, Pathhead
Woodburn Primary School, Dalkeith

[edit] Secondary schools

Beeslack Community High School, Penicuik
Dalkeith High School, Dalkeith
Lasswade High School Centre, Bonnyrigg
Newbattle Community High School, Dalkeith
Penicuik High School, Penicuik
St David's RC High School, Dalkeith

[edit] Special schools

Saltersgate School, Dalkeith
Support & Reintegration Services, Gowkshill, Gorebridge
Wellington Residential School, Penicuik

[edit] Twinning

Midlothian is twinned with Komárom-Esztergom in Hungary.

[edit] Famous Battles

The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. A Scottish army led by Simon Fraser and John Comyn defeated the English. Although a significant action, only a few hundred men, all of them heavy cavalry, were involved on either side. The English force was raised in Northumberland and was tasked with intervening in support of the occupation forces of Edward I. The much smaller Scottish force rode through the night from Biggar, intercepted them and defeated them in two, possibly three, sharp fights. The site of the battle has been said to be the field opposite the old and new burial grounds. Members of the Comyn, Fraser and possibly Sinclair families fought at the Battle of Roslin.