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COLINTON [parish] Parish of Colinton
Parish of Colington
Parish of Collengton
Parish of Colinton
Parish of Colinton
Parish of Colinton
Parish of Colinton
Colinton or Collington
Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] 1845
Sinclairs Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account]
Chalmers Caledonia
Knox's of Edinburgh
Oliver & Boyda Almk [Alminac] 1857
Post Office Dorectory 1850
J.T. Gordon Sheriff
Fullartons Gazeteer of Scotland
006 ; 012 [Situation] Nearly in the central part of the county of Edinburgh
to be written from Gazeteer
A parish of a moderate size situated a little SW. [South West] of the City of Edinburgh. It is bounded on the north by the parishes of Corstorphine and St Cuthberts on the east by the parishes of Liberton & Lasswade, Glencorse, and Penicuik and on the west by the parish of Currie. Its greatest length from north to south is about 4 miles and its breadth from East to west is about 3 3/4 miles. It is in the Presbytery and Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. The Patron is Dunlop of Brookloch.

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