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Definition: Midlothian from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a council area of SE central Scotland: the historical county of Midlothian (including Edinburgh) became part of Lothian region in 1975; separate unitary authorities were created for Midlothian and City of Edinburgh in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Dalkeith. Pop: 79 710 (2003 est). Area: 356 sq km (137 sq miles)


Midlothian

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Unitary authority in southeast Scotland, south of the Firth of Forth, which was previously a district within Lothian region (1975–96) and a county until 1974. Area 363 sq km/140 sq mi Towns Dalkeith (administrative headquarters), Penicuik, Bonnyrigg Physical inland area rising toward the Moorfoot Hills in the south; River Esk Features Crichton Castle, Roslin Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Newtongrange Mining Museum Industries glass and crystal, coalmining (declining), light manufacturing, food processing Agriculture productive agriculturally to the north (arable and dairy), less productive and intensive toward the hills in the south Population (2001) 80,950 History historically important mining area, with Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange Economy The area is diversifying as it adjusts to the demise of the coal industry. Development is on a small to medium scale. Environment There are 14 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, two Ramsars (wetland sites), one regional park, and three…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
See LOTHIAN ; Mid - distinguishes it from EAST LOTHIAN and WEST LOTHIAN . A former county and present unitary authority (administrative headquarters in EDINBURGH ) of eastern-central Scotland. It is bounded on the west by South Lanarkshire and West Lothian, on the north by Edinburgh, on the east by…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Unitary authority in southeast Scotland, south of the Firth of Forth, which was previously a district within Lothian region (1975–96) and a county until 1974. Area 363 sq km/140 sq mi Towns Dalkeith (administrative headquarters), Penicuik, Bonnyrigg Physical inland area rising toward the Moorfoot…
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A novel (1818), now perhaps his most highly regarded, by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). The ‘ Heart of Midlothian’ was the nickname of the old Edinburgh Tolbooth, the city's prison (Midlothian being the county in which Edinburgh is situated). This is explained in the first chapter: ‘ Then the…
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Unhappy in his Greenwich constituency, and retired from the Liberal Party's leadership, *Gladstone accepted the Midlothian Liberal Association's invitation of May 1878 to contest the constituency of Edinburghshire (as Midlothian, the county around the Scottish capital, was technically known) at the…
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