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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KIRKLISTON | Parish of KirKliston | [Situation] In the eastern portion of the parish of KirKliston A parish bisected by the river Almond having the part on the left side of that Stream in Linlithgowshire and the part on the right side in that of Edinburghshire. It is bounded on the north by Abercorn Dalmeny and Cramond, on the east by Corstorphine and Ratho on the south by KirKnewton and on the west by Uphall, Ecclesmachan and a detached part of Dalmeny. It is very irregular in outline but has an extreme lenght from east to west of 5½ miles and an extreme breadth of about 4½ miles it is computed to computed about about 12 square miles The portion in the Co. [County] Edinburgh is about one fourth of the whole. The Almond has in the parish a course of 4½ miles from South-west to north-east in a Straight line but of about 7 miles along the sinuosities of its channel. Through a part of the parish also runs Brox Burn and three or four other streams of less note. The Edinburgh Union Canal also goes through a part of it. It is also cut by the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and is the scene of the most Stupendous or at least the most |
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[page] 3Parish of KirKliston -- Sheet 6 No. 8
Parish of KirKliston -- See Name Books and Plans of County Edinburgh for spelling
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