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Queensferry

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Queensferry

Coastal town and former royal burgh in City of Edinburgh unitary authority, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Forth, 13 km/8 mi northwest of Edinburgh; population (2001) 9,400. The harbour facilities are mainly tidal, and include the Port Edgar naval base. Local industries include whisky-blending.

Abercorn, lying west of Queensferry, was the see of Scotland's earliest bishopric from 681 to 685. Other historic buildings include Plewlands House, restored by the National Trust, Dundas Castle, and Hopetoun House, enlarged by William Adam and his sons between 1721 and 1754.



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There was not a soul in Randolph Crescent, nor a soul in Queensferry Street; in this outdoor privacy and the sense of escape, John took heart again; and with a pathetic sense of leave-taking, he even ventured up the lane and stood awhile, a strange peri at the gates of a quaint paradise, by the west end of St.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
The town of Queensferry lies farther west, and the neighbourhood of the inn looked pretty lonely at that time of day, for the boat had just gone north with passengers.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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