Edinburghshire

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Edinburghshire is the historic name for the Scottish county now known as Midlothian, which encompasses the area surrounding the city of Edinburgh.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
County of Edinburgh 1
Edinburgh County 1
Edinburghshire canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county council
former administrative county
historic county
abolishedAsAdministrativeCountyIn 1975
borders East Lothian
Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
Peeblesshire
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED
West Lothian
category Historic counties of Scotland
Midlothian
contains City of Edinburgh
linked to: Edinburgh

Midlothian (council area)
containsGeographicFeature Pentland Hills
River Almond
River Esk
containsHistoricArea Moorfoot Hills
containsSettlement Bonnyrigg
Dalkeith
Loanhead
Musselburgh
Penicuik
Roslin
country Scotland
governedBy Edinburghshire County Council
linked to: Midlothian Council
hasAlternativeName County of Edinburgh
linked to: Edinburghshire

Edinburgh County
linked to: Edinburghshire

Shire of Edinburgh
linked to: Midlothian Council
hasGaelicName Siorrachd Dhùn Èideann
hasHistoricCountyTown Edinburgh
hasHistoricName Edinburghshire NERFINISHED
hasScotsName Embra-shire
historicalJurisdiction shire
historicNameOf Midlothian
jurisdiction Edinburghshire NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
legalStatusAfter1975 preserved county for some ceremonial purposes
locatedIn Scotland
namedAfter Edinburgh
partOf Lowlands of Scotland
replacedBy Lothian region
linked to: Lothian
surrounds City of Edinburgh
linked to: Edinburgh
timePeriod medieval period to 20th century
usedAsLieutenancyAreaUntil 1975
usedAsRegistrationCountyUntil 1975

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midlothian historicName Edinburghshire
Edinburghshire hasAlternativeName County of Edinburgh
linked to: Edinburghshire
Edinburghshire hasAlternativeName Edinburgh County
linked to: Edinburghshire