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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Canongate like this:
Canongate, a large and ancient suburb of Edinburgh, comprising all the eastern part of the Old Town, and possessing, till 1856, the jurisdiction of a burgh of regality- See Edinburgh, and Jn. Mackay's History of the Burgh of Canongate (Edinb- 1879).
Canongate 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 Canongate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Canongate, in Edinburgh City Of and Midlothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21744
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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