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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Juniper Green, a village in Colinton parish, Edinburghshire, on a high bank above the left side of the Water of Leith, with a station on the Balerno loop-line (1874) of the Caledonian railway, 1 mile ENE of Currie and 5½ miles SW of Edinburgh. It has a post office under Currie, and two public schools; consists in great measure of villas and pretty cottages; and, with charming environs, including a long reach of the pictur-esque dell of the Water of Leith, is a favourite summer retreat of families from Edinburgh. A new Free church, erected in 1880 at a cost of £3000, is in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and contains 620 sittings. Pop. (1831) 338, (1861) 531, (1871) 716, (1881) 1018.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Midlothian ScoCnty |
| Place: | Juniper Green |
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