Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh
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The Old Tolbooth was an important municipal building in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, for more than 400 years. The medieval structure, which was located at the northwest corner of St Giles' Cathedr
An 18th or 19th c. engraving, after an 18th c. painting by Alexander Nasmyth
Model of the Old Tolbooth, exhibited in the Museum of Edinburgh in Huntly House on The Canongate. The execution platform can be seen projecting from the building.
Door of the tolbooth, built into a side wall of Sir Walter Scott's House at Abbotsford
An early 19th-century engraving showing the west gable of the "Heart of Midlothian" (centre right).
Luckenbooths
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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