on the 16th of August 1917 most likely on the first day of the Battle of Langemarck. In 2010 the village was in the news due to a police raid on a property which housed one of the largest cannabis farms discovered in the Lothians. Officers found approximately 1,000 plants with an estimated value of around £500,000. In 2013 representations to the Midlothian Local Development Plan consultation, Lord Ralph Kerr, landowner of fields surrounding the village, brought forward proposals for twelve terraced houses to be built on the farmland adjacent to the village. Midlothian Council's response cited the existing allocation of housing being sufficient to meet requirements, the relatively poor public transport provision, lack of facilities, poor access to schools, the demarcation of the proposed site as being prime agricultural land and the negative impact such a development would have on the landscape. Administration The village is in the Midlothian constituency for elections to the House of Commons, the Midlothian North & Musselburgh constituency for elections to the Scottish Parliament and the Midlothian East electoral ward for local council elections. The people in the village are represented by the Dalkeith & District Community Council apart from residents of the Witholm cul-de-sac which is in the Mayfield & Easthouses Community Council boundary area. Transport The village used to be on the main route from Edinburgh to Jedburgh, though after the construction of the road bridge designed by Thomas Telford across Tyne Water near Pathhead in 1831, the preferred route shifted to the northeast. The bus service between Edinburgh and Jedburgh still passes through the village. An hourly service run by Borders Buses links the village with Edinburgh, via Dalkeith. The trip takes around 43 minutes. The number 51 continues south to Jedburgh whilst the 52 continues south to Kelso. During westerly operations at Edinburgh Airport the village is below the flightpath for arrivals from the south, though aircraft are at an altitude of over 4,000 ft so have limited noise impact on residents. Sport Despite sharing a name and being in the same area there is no direct link between the village and nearby football club, Whitehill Welfare F.C. See also List of places in Midlothian Photographs of Whitehill References Villages in Midlothian Dalkeith