NT3366 : Newbattle Abbey
taken 10 years ago, near to Eskbank, Midlothian, Great Britain

Newbattle Abbey
In the late 1930s, Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, bequeathed his house to the nation for the express purpose of creating a residential adult college to provide a non-vocational education for students of a working-class background; the intention being to wean them away from notions of a 'class war'. The College opened in 1937 and continues to serve its original purpose. Its warden between 1949 and 1955 was the poet Edwin Muir. Link

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- Grid Square
- NT3366, 78 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- kim traynor (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 19 March, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 20 March, 2011
- Category
- House (historical interest) (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NT 333 660 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:52.9615N 3:4.0488W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
NT 333 659
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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