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acres afterwards Alexander amount ancient annual annum appears average number banks barony belonging bolls Borthwick Buccleuch building built burgh Calder Castle chapel charter chiefly church coal Colinton common considerable Corstorphine Dalkeith district Douglas Duddingston Duke Duke of Buccleuch Earl east East Calder Edin Edinburgh erected established extent farm feet formed formerly Forrester funds garden Gilmerton Gogar ground heritors hill improvement inhabitants Inveresk John King kirk kirk-session Kirkliston Kirknewton land Lasswade late Leith Liberton Lord Lothian manse manufactures merks miles minister Musselburgh nearly neighbourhood Niddry parish Parliament parochial Penicuik Pentland Pentland hills period persons poor population possession Presbytery present proprietor Ratho rent residence Restalrig rish road Robert rock royal Scotland Scots Scottish session side situated Society stipend stone teinds tion town town-council village Water of Leith whole William wood