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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Kirkliston like this:
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.
Kirkliston is now part of EDINBURGH CITY OF City. Click here for graphs and data of how EDINBURGH CITY OF has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirkliston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirkliston, in Edinburgh City Of and West Lothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16721
Date accessed: 13th December 2025
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