Newtongrange

Newtongrange
Main Street, Newtongrange
Newtongrange is located in Midlothian
Newtongrange
Newtongrange
Location within Midlothian
Population5,341 [1]
OS grid referenceNT332644
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDALKEITH
Postcode districtEH22
Dialling code0131
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°52′05″N 3°04′01″W / 55.868°N 3.067°W / 55.868; -3.067

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.

  1. ^ "NEWTONGRANGE - Neighbourhood Profile" (PDF). midlothian.gov.uk.
  2. ^ McKinnon, Alex (Autumn 2006). Cavanagh, Sybil; Moran, Eileen (eds.). "Nitten Aliens: researching an immigrant community" (PDF). LOCSCOT. CILIP. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Nitten Folk". Nitten Folk Club. Retrieved 6 August 2010.