Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gorgie

Gorgie, vil. with sta. on Suburban Ry., St Cuthberts par., Edinburghshire, on Water of Leith, 1¼ mile SW. of Murrayfield sta. in W. of Edinburgh, pop. 656; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity are Gorgie Mills, tannery, and Gorgie House, seat; at Gorgie is a brewery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with station on Suburban Railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Gorgie

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