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Gorgie history


Gorgie is recorded in 12th century charters of Holyrood Abbey, when in 1236 it came into the possession of Sir William Livingston. In 1799, the Cox family who owned a mill bought most of the former estate from the Livingston family. The Cox family developed a glue factory on the site, which was redeveloped under a new telephone exchange in 1969.

Industry

North British Distillery Company bought the former pig farm in Gorgie in 1885. St. Andrews Biscuit Works is claimed to be where digestive biscuit was invented. The chemical plant of Cox’s glue and gelatin works and the Caledonian Brewery also developed.

Places of worship

What is now Gorgie-Dalry Parish Church can be traced back to the Tynecastle church opened in 1891 after several years of outreach by Rev. George Wilson since 1885. Destiny Church, Edinburgh has been meeting in the converted former Bingo Hall since 2008.

  

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