Newtongrange
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Newtongrange (listenⓘ) is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Known in local dialect as Nitten, or Nitten by the Bing (listenⓘ),[2] [3] 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 National Mining Museum, an Anchor Point of ERIH - The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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Newtongrange
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Main Street, Newtongrange | |
Location within Midlothian | |
Population | 5,341 [1] |
OS grid reference | NT332644 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DALKEITH |
Postcode district | EH22 |
Dialling code | 0131 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
55.868°N 3.067°W / 55.868; -3.067 |
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