Dear Eleanor, We corresponded about this last year and another MLN Lister also had ancestors from Whitehill St. At a local history fair in Dalkeith, I spoke to George Archibald on the Mining Museum stand. George used to be a mine surveyor and worked for the Niddrie & Benhar Coal company since he was a boy. Whitehill Street was built as early as 1827, by the coal owner, Sir Archibald Hope of Craighall (the name of his family seat in Fife) as housing for the miners. I feel sure George will know what happened to the street. You could email via the site: http://www.scottishminingmuseum.com/museum.html mailto:enquiries@scottishminingmuseum.com From memory, there is a restored row of cottages close by the shopping complex, cinema and carpark at Newcraighall (known as Kinnaird Park) which is possibly what's left of Whitehill St. Best Wishes, Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Robertson" <eleanor.robertson@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: [MLN] 56 Whitehill Street Newcraighall > Can anybody help me to find out what happened to this house and number 58. > Tried the council but they have no records of these houses being > demolished. > Could it have been something to do with the railway. > Eleanor > > >

Thanks Jane and you are correct we did correspond before about this. I have just discovered the house were my Gt Grandparents brought up all there children number 56 Whitehill Street no longer exists and also number 58 as these are all the even numbers so are on the opposite side of the street from the church. I wondered why just these two houses are missing. Thanks for your help I will try George Archibald who I have spoken to before and is very helpful. Regards Eleanor -----Original Message----- From: roger kelly [mailto:roger.kelly1@virgin.net] Sent: 14 December 2004 08:57 To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MLN] 56 Whitehill Street Newcraighall Dear Eleanor, We corresponded about this last year and another MLN Lister also had ancestors from Whitehill St. At a local history fair in Dalkeith, I spoke to George Archibald on the Mining Museum stand. George used to be a mine surveyor and worked for the Niddrie & Benhar Coal company since he was a boy. Whitehill Street was built as early as 1827, by the coal owner, Sir Archibald Hope of Craighall (the name of his family seat in Fife) as housing for the miners. I feel sure George will know what happened to the street. You could email via the site: http://www.scottishminingmuseum.com/museum.html mailto:enquiries@scottishminingmuseum.com From memory, there is a restored row of cottages close by the shopping complex, cinema and carpark at Newcraighall (known as Kinnaird Park) which is possibly what's left of Whitehill St. Best Wishes, Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Robertson" <eleanor.robertson@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: [MLN] 56 Whitehill Street Newcraighall > Can anybody help me to find out what happened to this house and number 58. > Tried the council but they have no records of these houses being > demolished. > Could it have been something to do with the railway. > Eleanor > > >