Colinton Parish

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Colinton Parish is a former ecclesiastical and civil parish centered on the historic village of Colinton, now part of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Colinton Parish canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former civil parish
former ecclesiastical parish
adjacentTo Cramond Parish NERFINISHED
Currie Parish NERFINISHED
Liberton Parish NERFINISHED
St Cuthbert’s Parish, Edinburgh NERFINISHED
centeredOn Colinton NERFINISHED
contains Bonaly NERFINISHED
Colinton Cemetery NERFINISHED
Colinton Dell NERFINISHED
Colinton Mains NERFINISHED
Colinton Parish Church NERFINISHED
Dreghorn NERFINISHED
Redford NERFINISHED
Spylaw House NERFINISHED
Spylaw Park NERFINISHED
Water of Leith valley at Colinton NERFINISHED
country Scotland
crossedBy Water of Leith NERFINISHED
currentStatus no longer used as a civil parish for local government
retains use as an ecclesiastical parish name in the Church of Scotland
ecclesiasticalHierarchy under jurisdiction of the Church of Scotland General Assembly
governedBy Colinton heritors (historically)
Colinton kirk session (historically) NERFINISHED
hasHistoricFunction ecclesiastical jurisdiction
local civil administration unit
hasParishChurch Colinton Parish Church NERFINISHED
hasPart village of Colinton
historicalStatus absorbed into the city of Edinburgh
language English
Scots
locatedIn City of Edinburgh council area NERFINISHED
Edinburgh
historic county of Midlothian
mergedInto City parish structure of Edinburgh
notableFor association with poet Robert Louis Stevenson through Colinton
picturesque wooded dell along the Water of Leith
partOf Presbytery of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Presbyterianism NERFINISHED
terrainFeature foothills of the Pentland Hills
timePeriod pre-20th-century local government in Scotland
usedFor local taxation
poor law administration
registration of births, marriages and deaths

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Colinton historicalParish Colinton Parish