Liberton, City of Edinburgh

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Liberton is a suburban area in City of Edinburgh

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Liberton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Liberton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Liberton, par. and vil., Edinburghshire - par. (containing part of the burgh and suburbs of Edinburgh), 6617 ac., pop. 6026; vil., 2½ miles SE. of centre of Edinburgh; P.O., T.O.; the parish church is on the site of a very ancient church, mentioned in the foundation charter of Holyrood (1128); an hospital anciently stood at Liberton, which is said to be "Lepertown".

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