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Edinburgh, Nether Liberton
Market Cross (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Nether Liberton
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Liberton Dams
Canmore ID 52161
Site Number NT27SE 144
NGR NT 272 706
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52161
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 144 272 706.
The village of Nether Liberton (NT 272 706) was of considerable size, a weekly market being held there. Its population was 267 at the close of the 18th century. In its centre, in 1760, on a rising ground near the mill, stood a cross, no trace of which remains.
G Good 1893.
NMRS REFERENCE.
SRO:
Alteration to the arch over the Mill lead at Liberton Dams.
Account from Millar and Lorimer.
Liberton papers: Household Accounts, 1702-1823, page 82.
1816.
GD 122/iv/no. 134.
