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Abbey, a quoad sacra parish, formed in 1875 out of South Leith and Greenside parishes, Edinburghshire. Its church, on London Road, close to Abbeyhill station, and 1 mile ENE of Edinburgh Post Office, is a Gothic structure, built (1875-76) at a cost of £8000, with 855 sittings, and tower and spire. Behind it is Abbeyhill school (1881): and not far off are London Road U.P. church (1875: 950 sittings), a very good Early English edifice, also with tower and spire, and Abbeyhill Episcopal mission church (1880: 300 sittings) and school. Pop. (1881) 4132.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Midlothian County |
| Place: | Abbey |
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