The Parish has a rich history and includes the communities of Newbattle, Newtongrange, Mayfield, & Easthouses, and part of Dalkeith.
In 2003, the boundary of Newbattle Parish (covering Newbattle, Mayfield and Easthouses) was extended to include the village of Newtongrange – effectively restoring the original parish borders of several centuries ago.
In 2023 Newbattle Church was sold.
In 2025 the parishes of Newbattle and Dalkeith: St Nicholas Buccleuch were united to become the parish of Newbattle: St Nicholas Buccleuch with the new boundary shown below.
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Current Locations
Mayfield & Easthouses
Opened in 1955, the Church was originally conceived as a hall church, with a separate hall opening some 10 years later.
2 Bogwood Rd,
Mayfield,
Dalkeith
EH22 5DG
A complete refurbishment of the Church was completed early 2019 with the Church now a focal point in the community with a café and New2U Shop open every Wednesday morning.
We work in partnership with MAEDT (Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust, The Dalkeith Storehouse, The Midlothian Foodbank (Trussell Trust), Rotary Dalkeith and various Midlothian Council departments.
The refurbishment at Mayfield and Easthouses church was supported by funding from The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, part of the European Union.
Newtongrange
Opened in the early 1940’s to serve the then growing mining community.
Main St,
Newtongrange,
Dalkeith
EH22 4LE
In March 2020, the church has been closed for a major refurbishment. Being reopened after almost 6 years later, providing the community with a “well equipped space in the right place” a church at the heart of the community.
Boasting a community cafe and other amenities such as wifi and a state of the art audio visual system (someone with more words needs to put something here…).
Previous Locations
Newbattle Parish Church – The “Old Kirk”
Newbattle Rd,
Newbattle,
Dalkeith
EH22 3LH
In March 2023 the sale of the church building was concluded. The Salem International Christian Centre are the new owners .
In the early 2000s an additional building was added to this site – the Kirkbank Centre – a multipurpose meeting room complete with kitchen.
St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church – Dalkeith
119 High St,
Dalkeith
EH22 1AX
From around 1350 a Chapel dedicated to St Nicholas stood on this site currently occupied by St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church. By an Act of Parliament in 1592, St Nicholas became the parish church of Dalkeith, separating it from Restalrig, under whose oversight it had been.
The present building built by Sir James Douglas was largely completed in 1420 and was constituted as a Collegiate Church with a College of Chaplains (priests). In early 15th Century Dalkeith, this would have been the most magnificent building, rising high among the poor housing which would have surrounded it. After the Reformation, a partition wall was built to separate the Nave of the church from the Chancel containing the High Altar. This part, currently called the Apse, gradually fell into ruins while the Nave, Transepts and part of the Chancel continue in use to this day. The Apse, a prime example of late Gothic Scottish architecture, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
