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|map_type = Isle of Skye |official_name = Edinbane |gaelic_name = An t-Aodann Bàn |static_image_name = Edinbane.jpg |static_image_caption = Edinbane at the head of Loch Greshornish |country = Scotland |unitary_scotland = Highland |lieutenancy_scotland = Ross and Cromarty |population = |coordinates = {{coord|57.47|-6.43|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference = NG343508 |constituency_westminster = Ross, Skye and Lochaber |constituency_scottish_parliament = Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch |post_town = PORTREE |postcode_area = IV |postcode_district = IV51 |dial_code = 01470 }}Edinbane (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Aodann Bàn the fair hill-face) is a small village on the island of Skye, Scotland.[1] LocationEdinbane lies on the A850 road[2] at the foot of the Waternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, 14 miles from Portree and 8 miles from Dunvegan. The name An t-Aodann Bàn is said to be taken from the white bog cotton plants that can be found on the hill sides.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} The village is based around the crofts with a small primary school and pottery. Notable buildings in Edinbane village are the former Gesto Hospital(c1870), the Edinbane Inn(c1900) and the [https://www.edinbanelodge.com Edinbane Lodge] a stone built hunting lodge constructed in 1543. HistoryThere has been a settlement here since before 1600, but it was Kenneth MacLeod of Greshornish (1 December 1809, died unmarried in 1869) who founded the village.[3] Kenneth MacLeod of GreshornishKenneth McLeod's family had farmed land in the Gesto area of Skye for over 500 years. At the age of 15 he went to India, with his fare paid out and one golden guinea in his pocket, given him by Mrs MacDonald of Waternish. After a year's work, he took the river boat down to Calcutta. On the way he went ashore and visited a place where an auction of the contents of a sugar factory was in progress. With his precious Guinea, he bought a copper boiler, which he sold in Calcutta for £30. He now returned to the derelict sugar factory and bought it for very little. This set him on the ladder to making a fortune in India planting indigo. Returning to Skye, he endeavoured to buy the tack of Gesto but MacLeod of MacLeod was not prepared to sell. Kenneth then bought Orbost, Isle of Skye, Edinbane, Skirinish, Greshornishy, Tote and Skeabost and much of Portree. He ensured that the village had a tradesman from each of the important crafts. He set up the first hospital on Skye in Edinbane, aptly named Gesto. It is now boarded up.[4] Edinbane LodgeThe [https://www.edinbanelodge.com/ Edinbane Lodge] is the oldest coaching inn on the Isle of Skye, dating from 1543. It was purchased by Kenneth MacLeod of Greshornish in the 1860's and converted into a hunting lodge. In 1920 the Lodge was purchased by Edward Langdale Hilleary, a wealthy London businessman, and his wife Edith (nee Robertson), niece of Kenneth MacLeod. In 1927 Edward Langdale Hilleary constructed a small hydro plant on the Abhainn Coishletter just behind [https://www.edinbanelodge.com/ the Lodge]. The scheme supplied electricity to the nearby Gesto hospital and also powered the Lodge.[5] Among other uses, the [https://www.edinbanelodge.com/ Edinbane Lodge ] has served as the land court for the surrounding area. where people were tried for various offences including sheep rustling and for more serious crimes. If found guilty and sentenced to death, the accused were hanged in the garden grounds. References1. ^{{cite web |title=Edinbane |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2202.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=18 June 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A850|title=A850|publisher=Sabre|accessdate=3 January 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/114732/details/skye+edinbane/|title=Skye, Edinbane|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|work=Canmore|accessdate=3 January 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/edinbane/index.html| title=Edinbane| publisher=Undiscovered Scotland| accessdate=14 October 2008}} 5. ^The Hillearys of Edinbane {{ISBN|9780957370333}} External links{{commonscat}}
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