GOGAR, a hamlet, in the parish of Corstorphine,
county of Edinburgh, 2 miles (W.) from Corstorphine;
containing 32 inhabitants. The lands of Gogar anciently
formed a parish, which merged after the Reformation
into the adjoining parishes of Corstorphine, Kirkliston,
and Ratho. This estate was given by King Robert
Bruce to Alexander Seton, one of his companions in
arms; and for a long series of years subsequently, it
was a possession of successive influential families. The
hamlet is in that division of the ancient psirish incorporated
with Corstorphine, and, though now very small
and unimportant, is said to have been a considerable
village, at one time numbering 300 inhabitants: the
road from Corstorphine to Brocksburn passes through
it, and the Gogar burn flows in its vicinity, on the south
and west. A small portion of the church still exists;
and there is a school, supported by subscription.