Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east- central Lowlands, bordering the

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East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

and the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

. Midlothian emerged as a county in the Middle Ages under larger boundaries than the modern council area, including Edinburgh itself. The county was formally called the "shire of Edinburgh" or Edinburghshire until the twentieth century. It bordered

West Lothian West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...

to the west, Lanarkshire,

Peeblesshire Peeblesshire ( gd, Siorrachd nam Pùballan), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lan ...

and Selkirkshire to the south, and

, Berwickshire and

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to the east. Traditional industries included mining, agriculture and fishing – although the modern council area is now

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History

Following the end of the Roman occupation of Britain,

Lothian Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Sco ...

was populated by Brythonic-speaking ancient Britons and formed part of Gododdin, within the Hen Ogledd or Old North. In the seventh century, Gododdin fell to the Angles, with Lothian becoming part of the kingdom of Bernicia. Bernicia united into the Kingdom of Northumbria which itself became part of the early Kingdom of England. Lothian came under the control of the Scottish monarchy in the tenth century. In the Middle Ages, Lothian was the scene of several historic conflicts between the kingdoms of Scotland and England. The Battle of Roslin took place in 1303 at Roslin as part of the First War of Scottish Independence. A Scottish army led by Simon Fraser and

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defeated an army led by English commander John Segrave. Along with other parts of the Lothians, the county was involved in the Rough Wooing when Roslin Castle, seat of the Earl of Caithness, was destroyed in 1544 by forces of Henry VIII of England. In the 17th century, the county featured in the War of the Three Kingdoms, where General George Monck had his base at Dalkeith Castle as the

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's Commander in Scotland. Following the Restoration of the monarchy, the "Pentland Rising" in the region culminated with the Battle of Rullion Green in 1666, a decisive victory for the Government forces against Covenanter rebels. In 1650, Oliver Cromwell's army came to Dalkeith. His officer General George Monck, was Commander in Scotland, and the government of the country was based out of Dalkeith castle. The 1878-80 Midlothian campaign by British Liberal politician William Ewart Gladstone entered history as an early example of modern political campaigning, resulting in Gladstone taking the Midlothian constituency from the long-time Conservative Member of Parliament

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and going on to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On 1 June 1978, Midlothian became Sister Cities with Midlothian, Illinois.

Governance

The modern council area of Midlothian is governed by Midlothian Council, based in

Dalkeith Dalkeith ( ; gd, Dail Cheith, IPA: �t̪alˈçe is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-cent ...

Shire and county

The origins of the historic county of Midlothian are obscure; it emerged as a

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(the area controlled by a

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) in the Middle Ages, and was certainly in existence by the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153). It covered the central part of the former kingdom or province of

, and was formally called the "shire of Edinburgh" or "Edinburghshire", although the alternative name "Midlothian" was also used from a very early date. The

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of Edinburgh became administratively independent from the surrounding county in 1482 when James III granted the burgh the right to appoint its own sheriff and coroner, making it a

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Commissioners of Supply were established for each shire in 1667, and served as the main administrative body for the county until elected county councils were created in 1890 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, taking most of the commissioners' functions. The commissioners for Edinburghshire, and the county council which followed them, did not have jurisdiction over the city of Edinburgh, which was administered by the town council of the burgh. From its creation in 1890 the county council called itself "Midlothian County Council". However, the legal name of the county remained the "county of Edinburgh" or "Edinburghshire". In 1913 the county council petitioned the government to formally change the name to Midlothian. The government responded that it would direct all government departments to use Midlothian rather than Edinburghshire, but that a formal change of name needed to be done by statute and it could not justify the parliamentary time to make such a change. The statutory change of name from Edinburghshire to Midlothian eventually took place in 1947, under section 127 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. Midlothian County Council was based at Midlothian County Buildings, built in 1904 on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh on the site of the earlier County Buildings. Midlothian was abolished as a county for local government purposes in 1975. The boundaries of the historic county of Midlothian, including the city of Edinburgh, are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a registration county.

District

Midlothian County Council was abolished in 1975 under the

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, which abolished Scotland's counties and burghs as administrative areas and created a new two-tier system of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Most of Midlothian's territory went to a new district called Midlothian within the

region. The Midlothian district was smaller than the area of the pre-1975 county, with the parts of the pre-1975 county going to other districts being: * Currie, Balerno, Ratho and

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to the city of Edinburgh. *

Musselburgh Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of . History The name Musselburgh is Ol ...

burgh and parish of Inveresk (which included the villages of Inveresk, Wallyford and Whitecraig) to

. *The Calders ( East Calder, Midcalder and West Calder) and the Midlothian part of Livingston to

. * Heriot and Stow parishes to the Ettrick and Lauderdale district of the Borders region. For

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purposes, the last

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of the county of Midlothian was made lord-lieutenant for the new district of Midlothian when the reforms came into effect in 1975. The former county council's headquarters in Edinburgh became the offices of the new Lothian Regional Council, whilst the Midlothian District Council established its headquarters in Dalkeith. In 1991 the council built itself a new headquarters called Midlothian House at 40-46 Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith.

Council area

The Lothian region was abolished in 1996. The four districts in the region, including Midlothian, became unitary council areas. The reconstituted Midlothian Council continues to be based at Midlothian House in Dalkeith. The Midlothian lieutenancy area corresponds to the current council area rather than the historic county.

Central government

There is a Midlothian constituency of the House of Commons. There was a Midlothian constituency of the Scottish Parliament up to the 2011 elections when it was divided between Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Geography

The Midlothian council area contains the towns of

Bonnyrigg Bonnyrigg ( sco, Bonnyrigg) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, eight miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Edinburgh city centre. The town had a population of 14,663 in the 2001 census which rose to 15,677 in the 2011 census, both figures based ...

and Penicuik, as well as a portion of the Pentland Hills Regional Park, Rosslyn Chapel and Dalkeith Palace. The historic county has a roughly trapezoidal shape; it consists of a fairly flat area along the

Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. Name ''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...

, which is heavily urbanised and dominated by the Edinburgh conurbation. Off the coast lie the small islands of Inchmickery and Cramond Island. The land gradually rises to the south, with the Pentland Hills in the south-west, Moorfoot Hills in the centre-south and the

Lammermuir Hills The Lammermuirs are a range of hills in southern Scotland, forming a natural boundary between East Lothian and the Borders. The name "Lammermuir" comes from the Old English ''lambra mōr'', meaning "moorland of the lambs". Geology The Lammer ...

in the far south-east. Blackhope Scar on the border with Peeblesshire is the highest point in the county at 651 m (2,136 ft). The county contains no lochs of any size, though there are many reservoirs, most notably Gladhouse Reservoir, Rosebery Reservoir, Edgelaw Reservoir, Loganlea Reservoir, Glencorse Reservoir, Threipmuir Reservoir, Harlaw Reservoir, Harperrig Reservoir, Crosswood Reservoir, Morton Reservoir and Cobbinshaw Reservoir.

Settlements

Settlements within both historic and modern Midlothian

* Arniston * Auchendinny * Bilston *

* Borthwick *

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* Cornbank * Cousland * Crichton *

* Danderhall * Deanburn * Dewartown * Easthouses *

Easter Howgate Easter Howgate is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, on the A702, two miles north of Penicuik. The Scottish Agricultural College maintains a teaching campus and a research farm there, named "Edinburgh Genetics". See also *List of places ...

* Edgehead * Eight Mile Burn * Eskbank *

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* Ford * Gorebridge * Gowkshill * Hillend * Hopefield * Howgate * Lasswade * Leadburn * Loanhead * Mayfield * Millerhill * Milton Bridge * Newbattle * Newtongrange * Nine Mile Burn * North Middleton * Pathhead * Penicuik * Polton * Rosewell * Roslin *

Shawfair Shawfair is a 21st century development, primarily residential in character, under construction in Midlothian, Scotland, near to the existing village of Danderhall and the hamlets of Newton and Millerhill, which lie just outside the eastern boundar ...

Silverburn Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an out-of-town shopping centre located on Barrhead Road in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the Pollok centre with a brand new shopping centre, anchored by Te ...

* Straiton * Temple * Whitehill * Woodburn

Settlements historically in Midlothian but since transferred elsewhere

Transferred to the City of Edinburgh

* Abbeyhill * Alnwickhill *

Ardmillan Ardmillan ( gd, Aird a' Mhaolain, IPA: �aːɾʲtʲˈaˈvɯːɫ̪ɪn is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and h ...

* Baberton * Balerno * Balgreen * Bankhead * Barnton * Beechmount * Bingham * Blackford * Blackhall * Bonaly *

Bonnington Bonnington is a dispersed village and civil parish on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh in Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located to the south of the town of Ashford on the B2067 (Hamstreet to Hythe road). Bonnington ...

* Braepark * Broomhouse * Broughton * Brunstane * Bruntsfield * Bughtlin * Burdiehouse * Burghmuirhead *

The Calders The Calders is a residential neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland – not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder, three separate villages. It is sometimes considered to be part of Wester Hail ...

* Cameron Toll * Cammo *

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* Canonmills * Chesser * Church Hill * Clermiston * Comely Bank * Comiston * Corstorphine * Cowgate * Craigcrook * Craigentinny * Craigleith * Craiglockhart *

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* Craigour * Cramond * Crewe Toll * Currie * Curriehill * Dalmahoy * Dalry * Davidson's Mains * Dean Village * Drumbrae * Drylaw * Duddingston * Dumbiedykes * East Craigs * East Pilton * Edinburgh * Edinburgh Park * Fairmilehead * Ferniehill * Ferry Road * Firrhill * Forrester * Fountainbridge * Gilmerton * Gogar * Gogarloch * Goldenacre * Gorgie * Gracemount * The Grange * Granton * Grassmarket * Greenbank *

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* Greenhill * Haymarket * Hermiston * Holy Corner * Holyrood * Hunter's Tryst * The Inch * Ingliston * Inverleith * Jock's Lodge * Joppa * Juniper Green * Kaimes * Kingsknowe * Lauriston * Leith * Liberton * Little France * Lochend * Lochrin * Longstone * Marchmont * Maybury * Mayfield * Meadowbank * Merchiston * Moredun * Morningside *

Mortonhall Mortonhall is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the south edge of the city. The area is along the western end of the Frogston Road between Fairmilehead and Gilmerton; it is just to the south of Liberton and the Braid Hills. The area was t ...

* Mountcastle * Muirhouse * Murrayfield *

* Newcraighall *

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* Newington * Niddrie * Northfield * Oxgangs * Parkgrove * Parkhead *

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* Pilrig * Pilton * Polworth * Portobello *

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* Ratho *

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* Ravelston * Redford * Restalrig * Riccarton * Roseburn * Saughton * Sciennes * Seafield * Shandon * Sighthill * Silverknowes * Slateford * South Gyle * Stenhouse * Stockbridge * Swanston * Tollcross *

Torphin Torphin ( ) is a small area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, with its name deriving from the nearby Torphin Hill. It lies just south of Juniper Green, on the opposite side of the Water of Leith, and sits both east and west of the Edi ...

* Trinity * Turnhouse * Warriston * West Coates * West Craigs *

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* Westfield * Wester Broom * Wester Hailes * Western Harbour * West Pilton * Willowbrae

Transferred to East Lothian

* Fisherrow * Inveresk *

Monktonhall Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of . History The name Musselburgh is Old ...

* Wallyford * Whitecraig

Transferred to Scottish Borders

* Heriot *

Stow of Wedale Stow of Wedale, or more often Stow, is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland (historically Midlothian), north of Galashiels. In the 2011 Census the population was 718. It is served by Stow railway station. The name The name Stow is ...

Transferred to West Lothian

* Adambrae * Addiewell * Bellsquarry * Breich * Cobbinshaw * Craigshill * Dedridge * East Calder * Harburn * Howden * Kirknewton * Mid Calder * Murieston * Polbeth * Pumpherston * West Calder * Wilkieston

Places of interest

Arniston House Arniston House is a historic house in Midlothian, Scotland, near the village of Temple. This Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam in 1726 for Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder, the Lord President of the Court of Session. The western ...

* Borthwick Castle * Castlelaw Fort * Crichton Castle * Dalhousie Castle * Dalkeith Palace * Flotterstone * Hawthornden Castle * Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Hillend * National Mining Museum * Loanhead Memorial Park * Mavisbank House * Melville Castle * Newbattle Abbey * Pentland Hills * Roslin Castle * Roslin Glen Country Park * Roslin Institute * Rosslyn Chapel * Tyne-Esk Walk * Vogrie Country Park *

Wallace's Cave Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in Midlothian, Scotland. It is also known as Hawthornden Castle Cave, after Hawthornden Castle which is nearby. It takes its name from William Wallace, the Scottish national hero, who participated in ...

Civil parishes in the County of Midlothian

(Unitary authority indicated where not Midlothian. Boundaries defined by

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EDINBURGHSHIRE or MIDLOTHIAN Civil Parish map a

* Borthwick *

* Cockpen * Cranston * Crichton * Currie (Edinburgh) *

* Fala and Soutra * Glencorse * Heriot (Scottish Borders) * Inveresk (East Lothian) * Kirkliston (Edinburgh)Partly in West Lothian. Article on Kirkliston in Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by, Francis Groome, 2nd Edition, 1896 * Kirknewton (West Lothian) * Lasswade * Mid Calder (West Lothian) * Newbattle *

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* Penicuik * Ratho (Edinburgh) * Stow (Scottish Borders) * Temple * West Calder (West Lothian)

Former civil parishes outside Edinburgh now merged in the City of Edinburgh

Abolished 1902: * Duddingston Abolished 1920 * Colinton * Corstorphine * Cramond * Liberton ''The above list does not include parishes which have been within the City of Edinburgh for county purposes since 19th century, namely within the "County of the City" of which the Lord Provost was and is Lord Lieutenant.''

Transport

Midlothian has a modern road network as well as some rural single-track roads. The Borders Railway runs between Tweedbank to Edinburgh, with four stations in Midlothian –

, Eskbank, Newtongrange and Gorebridge.

Notable people associated with Midlothian

* William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), Scottish poet. * Princess Margaret of Scotland (1598–1600), daughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England (born Dalkeith Palace) * John Clerk of Penicuik, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755), was a Scottish politician, lawyer, judge, composer and architect. * William Robertson (1721–1793), historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh *

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(1722–1777), American architect, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born in Dalkeith *

Hector Macneill Hector Macneill (22 October 1746 – 15 March 1818) was a Scottish poet born near Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. Macneill had been the son of a poor army captain and went to work as a clerk in 1760 at the age of fourteen. Soon, he was sent to th ...

(1746–1818), poet and songwriter, born near Roslin *

John Clerk, Lord Eldin John Clerk, Lord Eldin FRSE FSA (1757– 30 May1832) was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh. Life He was the eldest son of Susannah Adam, the sister of John Adam and Robert Adam, and John Clerk of Eldin. He was born in April 1757 in Edinburgh ...

(1757–1832), Scottish judge, lived in Lasswade for several years. * 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 Tennant (1784–1848), the author of ''Anster Fair'', was parish schoolmaster in Lasswade from 1816 to 1819. * Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), author of '' Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'' (1822), lived in Man's Bush Cottage (now De Quincey Cottage), Polton, from 1840 until his death in 1859. * Thomas Murray (1792–1872), the Gallovidian author, died in Lasswade. * William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), MP for Midlothian 1880–1895 and conducted his famous Midlothian campaign across the UK in 1880 * Patrick Edward Dove (1815–1873), mainly remembered for his book ''The Theory of Human Progression'', born at Lasswade * John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), the creator of Bovril, born at Roslin. * Charles W. Nibley (1849–1931), Scottish-American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Nibley was served as second counselor in the First Presidency to Heber J. Grant (1925–31), and Presiding Bishop (1907–25). * Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) of Glencorse, Nobel prize-winning physicist. *

George Forrest George Forrest may refer to: *G. Topham Forrest (George Topham Forrest, 1872–1945), principal architect for the London County Council *George Forrest (author) (1915–1999), American author and musician *George Forrest (botanist) (1873–1932), S ...

(1873–1932), a plant collector who gained fame with his expeditions to the far east who spent a significant part of his early years in Loanhead. * Sir William MacTaggart (1903–1981), artist, and grandson of the artist William McTaggart, he became President of the Society of Scottish Artists, President of the

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, and Trustee of the National Museum of Antiquities. * Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1908–2007), the hotelier, worked in an Italian cafe in Loanhead, on his arrival in Scotland from Italy. *

Karl Miller Karl Fergus Connor Miller FRSL (2 August 1931 – 24 September 2014) was a Scottish literary editor, critic and writer. Miller was born in the village of Loanhead, Midlothian, and was educated at the Royal High School of Edinburgh and Downi ...

(1931–2014), founding editor of the ''

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'' and Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College, London (1974–1992), born in Straiton. * Annette Crosbie (born 1934), actress, born in Gorebridge * Ishbel MacAskill (1941–2011), heritage activist and traditional Scottish Gaelic singer and teacher *

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from Loanhead (born 1978), Scottish International Footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian and Everton. He was named Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year in 1998. He won the Scottish Cup with Hearts in 1998. * Darren Fletcher (born 1984), from Mayfield Dalkeith. Scotland International footballer and holds the record of being the youngest player to captain his national side, and was part of the Manchester United squad that won the UEFA Champions League in the 2007–2008 season. * Steven Whittaker from Bonnyrigg, (born 1984), Scotland International footballer, ex-Hibernian F.C. and Rangers F.C.

Schools in Midlothian

Primary schools

*Bilston Primary School, Bilston *Bonnyrigg Primary School,

*Burnbrae Primary School, Hopefield *Cornbank St James Primary School, Penicuik *Cuiken Primary School, Penicuik *Danderhall Primary School, Danderhall *Gore Glen Primary School, Gorebridge *Gorebridge Primary School, Gorebridge *Hawthornden Primary School, Bonnyrigg *King's Park Primary School,

*Lasswade Primary School, Lasswade *Lawfield Primary School, Mayfield *Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead *Mauricewood Primary School, Penicuik *Mayfield Primary School, Mayfield *Moorfoot Primary School, North Middleton *Newtongrange Primary School, Newtongrange *Paradykes Primary School, Loanhead *Rosewell Primary School, Rosewell *Roslin Primary School, Roslin *Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Penicuik *St Andrews's RC Primary School Gorebridge *St David's RC Primary School Dalkeith *St Luke's RC Primary School, Mayfield *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, Woodburn

Secondary schools

* Beeslack High School, Penicuik *

Dalkeith High School Dalkeith High School is a secondary state school located in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. History Dalkeith High School was previously the historic Dalkeith Grammar School. A list of masters of the Grammar School at Dalkeith (located on the Hig ...

* Lasswade High School Centre,

* Newbattle Community High School, Dalkeith * Penicuik High School, Penicuik * St. David's RC High School, Dalkeith

Special schools

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Twin towns and sister cities

Midlothian is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary and Kreis Heinsberg, Germany. It is a sister city with Midlothian, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago a town of Illinois.

References

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* * {{Authority control Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Districts of Scotland Counties of Scotland Council areas of Scotland Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)