Newbattle

Newbattle
The manse and kirk of Newbattle
Newbattle is located in Midlothian
Newbattle
Newbattle
Location within Midlothian
Population560 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNT332642
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDALKEITH
Postcode districtEH22 3
Dialling code0131
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°52′59″N 3°04′16″W / 55.883°N 3.071°W / 55.883; -3.071

Newbattle (from Old Scots Neubothle, "new building")[2] 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 home built on the site of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.

The civil parish, which also includes Newtongrange, had a population of 21,534 in 2011.[3]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Dixon, Norman (1947). The Placenames of Midlothian (PDF) (PhD thesis). Edinburgh University. p. 171.
  3. ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930