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"A village and a parish of Edinburghshire. The village 4 miles South West by South of Edinburgh, is charmingly situated in a hollow on the water of Leith, which here is spanned by a high stone bridge; at it are a station on the Balerno loop-line of the Caledonian (1874)."
(Extract from Ordnance Gazeteer of Scotland 1885)
"The Colinton Story, Celebrating 900 years of a Scottish Parish" by Lynne Gladstone-Millar. Published by St Andrew Press, Edinburgh in 1994. The story of Colinton's people and its church.
The parish church has records for birth dating from 1654, for marriages from 1654 and for deaths from 1716. These are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh and copies on microfilm may be consulted in the Edinburgh Room, Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh and also in LDS Family History Centres around the world.
The transcription of the section for Colinton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.Page Created by Margaret A. Mitchell
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