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Kirkliston

Kirkliston is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, historically within the county of West Lothian but now within the City of Edinburgh council area limits. It lies on high ground immediately north of a northward loop of the Almond, on the old road between Edinburgh and Linlithgow (formerly the A9, now the B9080 and cut off by…

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Ambulance
Scottish
Civil parish
Kirkliston
Council area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Dialling code
0131
Fire
Scottish

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History

Parish church

Free church

Notable people

"Cheesetown"

Transport

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Kirkliston

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples164
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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Kirkliston

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related to history · 38
Kirkliston → Alexander II, Alternatively, Angles, Archaeological, Barony, Battle, Britons, Brittonic, Clerics' Hill, Edward, Edward Longshanks, Edward's English, Estates, Falkirk, Gateside, Greig's Hill, In, In June, Kirk, Knights Hospitaller
related to Bus · 26
Kirkliston → Broxburn, Dechmont, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fauldhouse, Gyle Centre, Kirklsiton, Linlithgow, Livingston, Lothian Buses, Lothiancountry, Lothiancountry Night Service, McGill's Scotland East, N43, Newbridge, Polmont, Queensferry, Ratho Station, Rosyth
related to Parish church · 16
Kirkliston → At, Bernham, Bishop, David, It, Its, Knights Templar, Norman Transitional, September, St Andrews, St Jude's, St Margaret's, St Symon, Temple Liston, The, These
related to Rail · 15
Kirkliston → Beeching, Dalmeny, Edinburgh-Glasgow, Freight, Kirkliston Station, London, North British Railway, North Eastern Railway, Port Edgar, Queensferry, Queensferry Junction, Ratho, The, There, Until
related to Notable people · 11
Kirkliston → Burns, Canadian, Free Church, General Assembly, Hendry, Ian Forrest, KirklistonVery Rev James Chalmers, Marion Bryce, Moderator, Rev Alexander Masson, World Snooker Champion
related to Conservation area · 10
Kirkliston → Although Main Street, Breastmill, Conservation Area Character Appraisal, High Street, It, Main Street, October, Parish Church, The, The Square
related to References · 10
Kirkliston → Donald, ISBN, Kirkliston Parish Church, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Parish History, The Congregational Board, Whyte, Wikisource-logo
related to "Cheesetown" · 6
Kirkliston → Burns, Cheesetown, Forth Bridge, Kirky, Locally Kirkliston, The
related to Free church · 6
Kirkliston → Hippolyte Blanc, It, Its, September, The Kirkliston Free Church, Thomas Chalmers
related to Road · 6
Kirkliston → Although, B800, M9 J1, M9 J1A, M90, Newbridge

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church parish town area edinburgh south now scotland road lothian station street queensferry council local village old main named west

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KirklistonAmbulanceScottish1.00infobox
KirklistonCivil parishKirkliston1.00infobox
KirklistonCouncil areaEdinburgh1.00infobox
KirklistonCountryScotland1.00infobox
KirklistonDialling code01311.00infobox
KirklistonFireScottish1.00infobox
KirklistonLieutenancy areaCity of Edinburgh1.00infobox
KirklistonPoliceScotland1.00infobox
KirklistonPopulation5,280 (2020)1.00infobox
KirklistonPost townKIRKLISTON1.00infobox
KirklistonPostcode districtEH291.00infobox
KirklistonScottish ParliamentEdinburgh Western1.00infobox
KirklistonSovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
KirklistonUK ParliamentEdinburgh West1.00infobox
Kirklistonis avillage and parish to the west of Edinburgh0.90text
Kirklistonis akirk for which the town is named0.90text

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