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  • ...of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midlothian is dominated by Edinburgh, though not as much as Middlesex is d East and west of Edinburgh are dormitory towns, suburbs and industrial areas but to the s
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  • The county is also known as '''Tweeddale''', and is the land where the [[River Tweed]] rises and begins to grow. One of the smaller shires, just 222,599 ...[[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and the North Sea, and the [[River Clyde]] flowing west and through the heart of Lanarkshire to the Firth of Clyde and the Atlantic
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  • |name=West Lothian |map image=West Lothian Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
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  • |constituency=East Lothian |LG district=East Lothian
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  • [[File:River Tweed Coldstream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Tweed at Coldstream]] The Middle Shires are a hilly region with the [[Southern Uplands]] to the west, [[Cheviot Hills]] and [[Lammermuir]] to the east, the [[Pennines|Pennine]]
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  • [[File:Source of the River Clyde.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Source of the River Clyde in the Lowther hills]] ...from the [[Cheviots]] in the south to overlooking the coastlands of the [[River Forth]]. They consist of the [[Galloway Hills]], amongst which the highest
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  • ...nburgh]] towards [[Biggar, Lanarkshire|Biggar]] in Lanarkshire and upper [[River Clyde|Clydesdale]]. The range is around 20 miles in length. *West Cairn Hill; 1,844 feet
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  • '''Hawthornden Castle''' stands on the [[River Esk, Midlothian|River North Esk]] in [[Midlothian]], close by the hamlet of [[Hawthornden]] and a mile to t ...buildings once stood here, although these are now all gone. A well in the west end of the courtyard supplied the castle's water.
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  • ...keith]] in [[Midlothian]], standing near the [[River Esk, Midlothian|North Esk]]. *''The Buildings of Scotland - Lothian except Edinburgh'', by Colin McWilliam, London, 1978, p. 320-2. ISBN
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  • ...sages, in a beautiful valley along the [[River Esk, Midlothian|River South Esk]]. Rudolph, its first abbot, a strict and severe observer of the rule, devo ...around the abbey. His son, Mark, became Lord Newbattle in 1596 and Earl of Lothian in 1606.
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  • ...h of [[Edinburgh]], on the north bank of the [[River Esk, Midlothian|North Esk]], only a few hundred yards from the famous [[Rosslyn Chapel]]. ...] (c. 1375-1422) built a new rectangular, round-cornered keep at the south-west corner. The courtyard was entered by way of a drawbridge over an artificia
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  • |constituency=East Lothian ...ed ground on the north bank of a loop of the [[River Esk, Midlothian|River Esk]]. This ridge of ground, 60 to 80 feet above sea level, was used by the Rom
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