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Newton-Grange, a village in Newbattle parish, Edinburghshire, 5 furlongs ESE of Dalhousie station, and 2 miles S of Dalkeith. Founded about 1830, it has made such progress as to become the chief seat of population in the parish, and has a post office under Dalkeith; a costly school, erected by the Marquess of Lothian; infants' and girls' schools of 1884; and a suite of gasworks (1873) for the supply of all the Newbattle estate. Pop. (1861) 787, (l871) 677, (1881) 1010-Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Newbattle Parish Midlothian County |
| Place: | Newton Grange |
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