D'Arcy is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

Midlothian Midlothian (; ) is registration county, lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh council ar ...

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, located just south of

Dalkeith Dalkeith ( ; , ) 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 1541. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-century castle (now Dalkeith Pala ...

near Edinburgh. It is ¼ mile east of Mayfield and lies within the

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Newbattle Newbattle (from Old Scots ''Neubothle'', "new building") is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland. The village lies south of Dalkeith, about seven miles from Edinburgh. It is notable for containing Newbattle Abbey, a stately hom ...

Historic Environment Scotland website canmore.org.uk/site/53579 retrieved Nov.2023 and the area of Mayfield and Easthouses

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.Gazetteer for Scotland website scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst35400.html - retrieved Dec. 2023 The settlement includes D’Arcy House, a traditional Victorian stone farmhouse, a coach house, farm cottages and, nearby the kiln cottages. D’Arcy Wood, to the east, was the site of a Limestone Quarry.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map Sheet NT36 - B, publ. 1955 Although now private residences, D’Arcy House, coach house and farm cottages formed part of the D’Arcy farmstead complex, which dates from the 18th or 19th century and was previously larger in extent.Darcy Coach House, Dalkeith, Midlothian - Historic Building Recording (archaeological report), by Philip Karsgaard, Jan. 2022 retrieved Nov 2023 from Midlothian planning dept. web site planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk /OnlinePlanning/files/D598CA1B7E404F97A78DD843CC7520FB/pdf/21_00478_DPP-D_-_ARCHAEOLOGY_REPORT-687931.pdf (also: planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk, search on "Coachhouse Dalkeith EH22", document is:D-Archeological Report) D’Arcy House, coach house and farm cottages each have a Historic Environment Scotland record and a Midlothian Council Historic Environment Record (HER). Historic Environment Scotland website canmore.org.uk/event/1162945 retrieved Nov.2023 Historic Environment Scotland website canmore.org.uk/site/53577 retrieved Nov.2023 The HER is used by the council for historic environment conservation and for advice for planning proposals. Archaeological Service of East Lothian council www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210596/archaeology/12108/historic_environment_record - retrieved Dec. 2023 The name D’Arcy comes from Lady Caroline D'Arcy the wife of

William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian General William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian, (1710 – 12 April 1775) was a British Army officer and politician. The eldest son of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian, he was styled Master of Jedburgh until 1722, Lord Jedburgh from 172 ...

(married 1735), whose name was given to the estate, both the farmstead and the hillside above the old village of

Easthouses Easthouses is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, lying to the east of Newtongrange and south of Dalkeith. It forms the northern extension of the settlement of Mayfield, with which it is closely associated; the two communities have a combined p ...

. Abbey of St. Mary Newbottle - A Memorial of the Royal Visit, 1907, by Rev. J. C. Carrick (Minister of Newbattle), publ. George Lewis & Co., Selkirk, Third Edition, 1908. p. 271 The

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was based at

Newbattle Abbey Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercians, Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently became a stately home and then an educational institution. Monastery It was founded in 1140 by monks from Melrose ...

in the parish of Newbattle and, at least in 19th century, owned three-quarters of the land in the parish,The Statistical Account of Edinburghshire, by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, publ. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1845. Article on Newbattle in Midlothian volume including D’Arcy.Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. VIII, publ. T. & T. Clark, Law Booksellers, George Street, Edinburgh, 1864. The Placenames of Midlothian, by Norman Dixon, Univ.of Edinburgh, 1933 (PhD thesis) spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The_Placenames_of_Midlothian_Norman_Dixon.pdf - retrieved Nov 2023 Their policies (estates) took their names from personal names in the Kerr family of the Marquess of Lothian. The name D’Arcy appears on the map of the three Lothians by Andrew Armstrong, dated 1773, next to Mayfield and Westhouses, on the South Centre section.Mapmaker: Armstrong, Andrew, 1700-1794; and Armstrong, Mostyn; Title: Map of the three Lothians. Date: 1773. maps.nls.uk/view/74400365 retrieved Nov.2023 At the disused quarry near D'Arcy farmstead, there appears an outcrop of Limestone, where the strata dips towards the

River South Esk :''Note: the southern headwater of the River Esk in Lothian is also known as the South Esk.'' The South Esk () is a river in Angus, Scotland. It rises in the Grampian Mountains at Loch Esk in Glen Doll and flows through Glen Clova to Strathm ...

. Abbey of St. Mary Newbottle - A Memorial of the Royal Visit, 1907, by Rev. J. C. Carrick (Minister of Newbattle), publ. George Lewis & Co., Selkirk, Third Edition, 1908. p. 89 There was extensive opencast quarrying at D'Arcy quarry, both north and south of D'Arcy farmstead. The geological sections have an upper layer 12 – 20 ft. thick of impure limestone, overlying a dark calcareous shale band 4 ft. thick, itself overlying massive crystalline limestone. This lowest layer was mined for limestone, which was burnt at kiln houses for lime.The limestones of Scotland, by T. Robertson and J. G. C. Anderson (vol. XXXV of the Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain), publ. H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1949 webapps.bgs.ac.uk/Memoirs/docs/B02760.html - retrieved Nov 2023. p.87 Trial drilling for petroleum oil in D’Arcy began in 1919, at a point near the crest of the Cousland Anticline, but this was eventually abandoned as the amount obtained was insufficient. However, in 1937, further exploratory drilling took place at a point very close to the 1919 well. This produced 5 barrels per day and the oil well, named Midlothian No 1, continued operation until 1965. 30,654 barrels of oil were produced in the period 1937–1965.The Search for Natural Petroleum in the Lothians, by Alastair C Bagnall, Oil Exploration (Holdings) Ltd, Edinburgh; in The Edinburgh Geologist, March 1979, publ.by Edinburgh Geological Society edinburghgeolsoc.org/eg_pdfs/issue05_full.pdf - retrieved Nov 2023 pp. 12-13 The Oil bore was 200 yards to east of Darcy hamlet.

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