Luckenbooths
Videos
The Luckenbooths were a range of tenements which formerly stood immediately to the north of St. Giles' Kirk in the High Street of Edinburgh from the reign of King James II in the 15th century to the e
The Luckenbooths shown on a plan of Edinburgh in 1784 (See also external link at foot of page)
Creech's Land in 1791
John Byres of Coates
Videos
Sir John Byres of Coates was a 16th/17th century Scottish banker and merchant who served as Treasurer and Old Provost for Edinburgh Town Council. Old Provost is the equivalent of Deputy Provost.
Byer's tenement and bank (left) facing onto the Tolbooth Prison and St Giles
Coates House, Edinburgh
The grave of John Byres of Coates, Greyfriars Kirkyard
Symbolic carvings on the tomb of John Byres of Coates, Greyfriars Kirkyard