Rosewell

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Rosewell
Midlothian
Lothian Street, Rosewell - geograph.org.uk - 1312473.jpg
Lothian Street, Rosewell
Location
Grid reference: NT289627
Location: 55°51’11"N, 3°8’8"W
Data
Post town: Rosewell
Postcode: EH24
Dialling code: 0131
Local Government
Council: Midlothian
Parliamentary
constituency:
Midlothian

Rosewell is a former mining village in Midlothian, south of Polton and southwest of Bonnyrigg.

Rosewell has two primary schools, namely Rosewell Primary School and St Matthew's Roman Catholic Primary School. The village is in the catchment area for Lasswade High School.

For walkers the Penicuik–Dalkeith Walkway passes close by.

Churches

Since 2008 Rosewell Parish Church has been formally united with Lasswade Church, forming Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church (with a single minister and Kirk Session, although retaining both places of worship).

Whitehill House

Whitehill House is a Tudor-revival building designed by David Bryce and William Burn. It was built in 1844 as a home for Wardlaw Ramsay, proprietor of the nearby Whitehill Colliery (which was later acquired by the engineer Archibald Hood). [1]

In World War I it was used as a Red Cross hospital. [2] Until the late 1990s, Whitehill was run by Roman Catholic Church as St. Joseph's Hospital for disabled children.

Sport

  • Football: Whitehill Welfare FC

Outside links

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References