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Jock's Lodge, vil., South Leith par., Edinburghshire, 1¾ mile E. of the General Post Office, Edinburgh, pop. (including Piershill Barracks and Restalrig), 1266; P.O., T.O.; at Jock's Lodge is the locomotive deptt of the North British Ry.; Piershill Barracks, erected in 1793, contain accommodation for a regiment of cavalry.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Midlothian ScoCnty |
Place: | Jocks Lodge |
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