Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Corstorphine

Corstorphine, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 3½ miles W. of Edinburgh -- par., 3654 ac., pop. 2156; vil., pop. 952; P.O., T.O.; the vil. is beautifully situated at the foot of Corstorphine Hill, and has a fine Gothic church founded in 1492.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Corstorphine Parish       Midlothian County
Place: Corstorphine

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