Colinton Parish
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Colinton Parish is a former ecclesiastical and civil parish centered on the historic village of Colinton, now part of Edinburgh, Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colinton Parish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11093189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colinton Parish Context triple: [Colinton, historicalParish, Colinton Parish]
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A.
Croston Parish
Croston Parish is a civil parish and village in Lancashire, England, known for its historic church, traditional village green, and riverside setting along the River Yarrow.
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B.
Paget Parish
Paget Parish is one of Bermuda’s nine parishes, known for its residential areas, beaches, and coastal scenery on the island’s central south shore.
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C.
Vējava Parish
Vējava Parish is an administrative territorial unit in Latvia that includes the area around Gaiziņkalns, the country’s highest point.
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D.
Cople Parish
Cople Parish is a historic Anglican parish in Virginia’s Northern Neck region, known for its colonial-era churches and ties to early American history.
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E.
Luss Parish
Luss Parish is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, centered on the village of Luss on the western shore of Loch Lomond.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colinton Parish Target entity description: Colinton Parish is a former ecclesiastical and civil parish centered on the historic village of Colinton, now part of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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A.
Croston Parish
Croston Parish is a civil parish and village in Lancashire, England, known for its historic church, traditional village green, and riverside setting along the River Yarrow.
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B.
Paget Parish
Paget Parish is one of Bermuda’s nine parishes, known for its residential areas, beaches, and coastal scenery on the island’s central south shore.
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C.
Vējava Parish
Vējava Parish is an administrative territorial unit in Latvia that includes the area around Gaiziņkalns, the country’s highest point.
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D.
Cople Parish
Cople Parish is a historic Anglican parish in Virginia’s Northern Neck region, known for its colonial-era churches and ties to early American history.
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E.
Luss Parish
Luss Parish is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, centered on the village of Luss on the western shore of Loch Lomond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former civil parish
ⓘ
former ecclesiastical parish ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cramond Parish
ⓘ
Currie Parish ⓘ Liberton Parish ⓘ St Cuthbert’s Parish, Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to:
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
|
| centeredOn | Colinton ⓘ |
| contains |
Bonaly
ⓘ
Colinton Cemetery ⓘ Colinton Dell ⓘ Colinton Mains ⓘ Colinton Parish Church ⓘ Dreghorn ⓘ Redford ⓘ Spylaw House ⓘ Spylaw Park ⓘ Water of Leith valley at Colinton ⓘ
linked to:
Water of Leith
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Water of Leith ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
no longer used as a civil parish for local government
ⓘ
retains use as an ecclesiastical parish name in the Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalHierarchy | under jurisdiction of the Church of Scotland General Assembly ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Colinton heritors (historically)
ⓘ
Colinton kirk session (historically) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFunction |
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
local civil administration unit ⓘ |
| hasParishChurch | Colinton Parish Church ⓘ |
| hasPart | village of Colinton ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | absorbed into the city of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Edinburgh council area
ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ historic county of Midlothian ⓘ |
| mergedInto | City parish structure of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with poet Robert Louis Stevenson through Colinton
ⓘ
picturesque wooded dell along the Water of Leith ⓘ |
| partOf | Presbytery of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| terrainFeature | foothills of the Pentland Hills ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-20th-century local government in Scotland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local taxation
ⓘ
poor law administration ⓘ registration of births, marriages and deaths ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colinton Parish Description of subject: Colinton Parish is a former ecclesiastical and civil parish centered on the historic village of Colinton, now part of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.