Danderhall

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Danderhall
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Danderhall Miners Welfare and Social Club
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Location within Midlothian
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Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
Population3,160 (2022) [1]
OS grid reference NT308694
Council area
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DALKEITH
Postcode district EH22
Dialling code 0131
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55°54′47″N3°06′22″W / 55.913°N 3.106°W / 55.913; -3.106

Danderhall is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, just outside Edinburgh but inside the Edinburgh City Bypass.

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Overview

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. [2]

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"). [3]

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. [4] [5] In addition to Danderhall village, Danderhall Community Council area also takes in the area of Millerhill, Newton Village, Hilltown and various farms. These are small residential areas and without shops and similar amenities, which are concentrated in nearby Danderhall. [6]

The civil parish (Newton) has an area of 856 hectares (2,120 acres) and a population of 3,258 (in 2011). [7]

International relations

Danderhall is twinned with: Flag of France.svg Angres, Pas-de-Calais Hauts-de-France, France.

Woolmet House

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Gateway to Woolmet House

Woolmet House was a large mansion built for Archibald Napier (1575–1600) around 1590 as a wedding present from his wealthy father Archibald Napier of Merchiston Castle (father of John Napier and of Alexander Napier, Lord Laurieston). It was demolished in the 1950s due to subsidence caused by Woolmet Colliery. Some carved stones from Woolmet were incorporated into the Castle of Mey around 1990. [8]

All that remains is an ornamental doorway of around 1700, now attached to the modern Miners' Welfare Club.

Woolmet Colliery

The Colliery opened late in Scottish mining history (1898) and closed in 1966. It was operated by the Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company. It employed around 700 men and produced around 200,000 tons of coal per annum, under the control of Sir James Steel. [9]

Edmonstone House

This mansion stood west of Woolmet House, north of Danderhall village. It was certainly extant in 1600 as home to the Edmonstone family. It was remodelled in the 18th century but demolished in the 1950s to avoid tax (the fate of many mansions in the 1950s). An entrance lodge and the base of the mansion still survive. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ↑ http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1570.html Danderhall at scottish-places.info
  3. ↑ http://www.calvarychapeledinburgh.com Archived 11 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine Calvary Chapel, Edinburgh
  4. ↑ Midlothian council web site https://midlothian.cmis.uk.com/live/CommunityCouncils.aspx - see entry for Danderhall and district. Retrieved March 2016
  5. ↑ Ordnance Survey One Inch to One mile Sheet 62 Edinburgh, Published 1960
  6. ↑ Danderhall Neighbourhood Plan publ. by Midlothian council "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved April 2016
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Woolmet House (53464)". Canmore .
  9. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Woolmet Colliery (131481)". Canmore .
  10. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh, Old Dalkeith Road, Edmonstone House (51744)". Canmore .
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