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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Gilmerton like this:
Gilmerton.-- quoad sacra par. and vil. with ry. sta., Liberton par., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Edinburgh by road and 8½ miles by rail -- par., pop. 1330; vil., pop. 1082; P.O.; coal and ironstone are mined; Gilmerton Cave, at the vil., was hewn (1719-1724) out of the solid sandstone rock, and used as a forge and dwelling-place, by a blacksmith named George Paterson; in vicinity of vil. is Gilmerton House.
Gilmerton is now part of EDINBURGH CITY OF City. Click here for graphs and data of how EDINBURGH CITY OF has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gilmerton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gilmerton, in Edinburgh City Of and Midlothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20512
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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