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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Kirkliston, vil. with ry. sta., Linlithgowshire, and par., partly also in Edinburghshire--par., 9505 ac., pop. 2580; vil., on river Almond, 10 miles W. of Edinburgh by rail, pop. 747; P.O., T.O.; has a distillery. Kirkliston was anciently called Temple Liston, its church having once belonged to the Knights Templars; the church is a very ancient building, and contains the old burying-vault of the Stairs.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkliston Burgh West Lothian ScoCnty |
| Place names: | KIRKLISTON | TEMPLE LISTON |
| Place: | Kirkliston |
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