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Danderhall
Danderhall is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, just outside Edinburgh but inside the Edinburgh City Bypass.
The village includes a large amount of council housing — although much of this is now privately owned by the occupiers. Danderhall was formerly a mining village, supplying labour for the nearby coal mines of Edmonstone to the northwest, Sheriffhall to the southeast, Woolmet to the east and Monktonhall beyond that. The latter was the last to remain open, but closed for good in 1998.
Danderhall is made up of 1,200 homes and a small number of shops. Danderhall also includes a library, primary school, two churches (a Church of Scotland and "Calvary Chapel of Edinburgh").
Notable people from Danderhall include: footballer Grant Brebner,[citation needed] now playing in Australia, former Hearts and Motherwell footballer Kevin Twaddle.[citation needed], Commonwealth Gold Medalist and triple World Champion David Peacock (bowls), former International darts player Rab Stewart and darts and autocross champion Blair Hamilton.
Danderhall and District is a Community Council area of Midlothian and is within the civil parish of Newton. In addition to Danderhall village, Danderhall Community Council area also takes in the area of Millerhill, Newton Village (not to be confused with Newtongrange), Hilltown and various farms. These are small residential areas and without shops and similar amenities, which are concentrated in nearby Danderhall.
The civil parish (Newton) has an area of 856 hectares (2,120 acres) and a population of 3,258 (in 2011).
Danderhall is twinned with:
Angres, Pas-de-Calais Hauts-de-France, France.
Woolmet Hill is notable feature to the east of the road called The Wisp. On 3 April 1594, a battle known as the "Raid of Leith" was fought between the supporters of the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, who claimed the backing of Elizabeth I, and soldiers and cavalry led by Alexander, Lord Home for King James VI. Bothwell's force sheltered by Woolmet Hill and surprised Lord Home's force. Lord Home's foot soldiers retreated to Craigmillar Castle. Despite this initial victory, Bothwell encountered more royal troops and was forced to retreat from Edinburgh. The contemporary writer David Moysie, who described the fighting, calls the hill "Edmestoun eadge".
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Danderhall
Danderhall is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, just outside Edinburgh but inside the Edinburgh City Bypass.
The village includes a large amount of council housing — although much of this is now privately owned by the occupiers. Danderhall was formerly a mining village, supplying labour for the nearby coal mines of Edmonstone to the northwest, Sheriffhall to the southeast, Woolmet to the east and Monktonhall beyond that. The latter was the last to remain open, but closed for good in 1998.
Danderhall is made up of 1,200 homes and a small number of shops. Danderhall also includes a library, primary school, two churches (a Church of Scotland and "Calvary Chapel of Edinburgh").
Notable people from Danderhall include: footballer Grant Brebner,[citation needed] now playing in Australia, former Hearts and Motherwell footballer Kevin Twaddle.[citation needed], Commonwealth Gold Medalist and triple World Champion David Peacock (bowls), former International darts player Rab Stewart and darts and autocross champion Blair Hamilton.
Danderhall and District is a Community Council area of Midlothian and is within the civil parish of Newton. In addition to Danderhall village, Danderhall Community Council area also takes in the area of Millerhill, Newton Village (not to be confused with Newtongrange), Hilltown and various farms. These are small residential areas and without shops and similar amenities, which are concentrated in nearby Danderhall.
The civil parish (Newton) has an area of 856 hectares (2,120 acres) and a population of 3,258 (in 2011).
Danderhall is twinned with:
Angres, Pas-de-Calais Hauts-de-France, France.
Woolmet Hill is notable feature to the east of the road called The Wisp. On 3 April 1594, a battle known as the "Raid of Leith" was fought between the supporters of the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, who claimed the backing of Elizabeth I, and soldiers and cavalry led by Alexander, Lord Home for King James VI. Bothwell's force sheltered by Woolmet Hill and surprised Lord Home's force. Lord Home's foot soldiers retreated to Craigmillar Castle. Despite this initial victory, Bothwell encountered more royal troops and was forced to retreat from Edinburgh. The contemporary writer David Moysie, who described the fighting, calls the hill "Edmestoun eadge".
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