Edinburghshire

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county council former administrative county historic county

Edinburghshire is the historic name for the Scottish county now known as Midlothian, which encompasses the area surrounding the city of Edinburgh.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
County of Edinburgh 1
Edinburgh County 1
Edinburghshire canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county council ⓘ
former administrative county ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
abolishedAsAdministrativeCountyIn 1975 ⓘ
borders East Lothian ⓘ
Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peeblesshire ⓘ
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Lothian ⓘ
category Historic counties of Scotland ⓘ
Midlothian ⓘ
contains Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Midlothian council area ⓘ
surface form: Midlothian (council area)
containsGeographicFeature Pentland Hills ⓘ
River Almond ⓘ
River Esk ⓘ
containsHistoricArea Moorfoot Hills ⓘ
containsSettlement Bonnyrigg ⓘ
Dalkeith ⓘ
Loanhead ⓘ
Musselburgh ⓘ
Penicuik ⓘ
Roslin ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
governedBy Midlothian Council ⓘ
surface form: Edinburghshire County Council
hasAlternativeName Edinburghshire ⓘ
surface form: County of Edinburgh

Edinburghshire ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh County

Midlothian Council ⓘ
surface form: Shire of Edinburgh
hasGaelicName Siorrachd Dhùn Èideann ⓘ
hasHistoricCountyTown Edinburgh ⓘ
hasHistoricName Edinburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasScotsName Embra-shire ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction shire ⓘ
historicNameOf Midlothian ⓘ
jurisdiction Edinburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1975 preserved county for some ceremonial purposes ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Edinburgh ⓘ
partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
replacedBy Lothian ⓘ
surface form: Lothian region
surrounds Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh
timePeriod medieval period to 20th century ⓘ
usedAsLieutenancyAreaUntil 1975 ⓘ
usedAsRegistrationCountyUntil 1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midlothian → historicName → Edinburghshire ⓘ
Edinburghshire → hasAlternativeName → Edinburghshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Edinburgh
Edinburghshire → hasAlternativeName → Edinburghshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh County