Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Gilmerton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile GhilleMhoire) is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the city centre.The toponym \"Gilmerton\" is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire– a personal name and later surname meaning \"Servant of [the Virgin] Mary\", from which comes the first element, \"Gilmer\", – and Old English: ton meaning \"settlement\" or \"farmstead\". Versions of the name are recorded from the middle of the 12th century.Gilmerton used to be a coal mining village. Below its centre is a series of shallow linked caves collectively called Gilmerton Cove. Traditionally they were attributed to the work of a local blacksmith, George Paterson, who supposedly completed excavations in 1724 and lived in the caves for several years, although there may be reasons to doubt this."@en }
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- Gilmerton abstract "Gilmerton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile GhilleMhoire) is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the city centre.The toponym \"Gilmerton\" is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire– a personal name and later surname meaning \"Servant of [the Virgin] Mary\", from which comes the first element, \"Gilmer\", – and Old English: ton meaning \"settlement\" or \"farmstead\". Versions of the name are recorded from the middle of the 12th century.Gilmerton used to be a coal mining village. Below its centre is a series of shallow linked caves collectively called Gilmerton Cove. Traditionally they were attributed to the work of a local blacksmith, George Paterson, who supposedly completed excavations in 1724 and lived in the caves for several years, although there may be reasons to doubt this.".