Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gogar

Gogar, ancient par. (now chiefly in Corstorphine par.) and hamlet with ry. sta. (1 mile SE. of hamlet), in co. and 5½ miles W. of Edinburgh; in vicinity of hamlet are the seats of Gogar House, Gogar Burn House, Gogar Mount, and Gogar Park; in vicinity of sta. is the seat of Gogar Bank.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Gogar

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