Greenhill, Edinburgh

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Greenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

South-west of the city centre, Greenhill is normally taken to be part of Bruntsfield, which continues to the north. Greenhill borders Marchmont and The Grange to the east. Morningside is south. It comprises a mixture of Georgian and Victorian villas and some tenement housing.

The Greenhill name derives from the former estate of Greenhill, which included the Burgh Muir (see Burghmuirhead). A stone carving depicting the former manor house may still be seen on the wall of a tenement house at the corner of Bruntsfield Place and Forbes Road.

The tomb of John Livingstone, former Laird of the estate, was built in the grounds of the manor house, which has long since been demolished. The tomb now lies adjacent to a smaller Georgian-style villa. The ownership of the tomb has been subject of legal action and local controversy.^[1] In 1989 the Director of Administration of the local authority granted to the local authority an a non domino disposition (a deed intended to give title to land to which the person writing the deed does not have title). It was then recorded by the local authority.^{[citation needed]}