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Firth of Forth
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The Firth of Forth is the estuary of the River Forth in Scotland, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north and Lothian to the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times, in the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. Geologically, the Firth of Forth is a fjord, formed by the Forth Glacier in the last glacial period, the Kincardine Bridge, the Clackmannanshire Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge carry traffic across the firth. Queensferry Crossing, alongside the Forth Road Bridge, was expected to open in 2016 but has since been delayed until May 2017. From 1964 to 1982, a tunnel existed under the Firth of Forth, the shafts leading into the tunnel were filled and capped with concrete when the tunnel was closed, and it is believed to have filled with water or collapsed in places. In July,2007, a passenger service completed a two-week trial between Portobello, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, Fife. The trial of the service was hailed as an operational success. It was estimated the service would decrease congestion for commuters on the Forth road, despite the initial success, the project was cancelled in December,2011. Historic villages line the Fife shoreline, Limekilns, Charlestown and Culross, established in the 6th century, the firth is important for nature conservation and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Firth of Forth Islands SPA is home to more than 90,000 breeding seabirds every year, there is a bird observatory on the Isle of May. The youngest person to swim across the Firth of Forth was 13-year-old Joseph Feeney, in 2008, a controversial bid to allow oil transfer between ships in the firth was refused by Forth Ports. SPT Marine Services had asked permission to transfer 7.8 million tonnes of oil per year between tankers, but the proposals were met with determined opposition from conservation groups
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Leith
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Leith /ˈliːθ/, Scottish Gaelic, Lìte, is a district to the north of the city of Edinburgh at the mouth of the Water of Leith. The earliest surviving references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey in 1128. The medieval settlements of Leith had grown into a burgh by 1833, historically part of Midlothian, Leith is sited on the coast of the Firth of Forth and lies within the council area of the City of Edinburgh. The port remains one of its most valuable enterprises, handling over 1.5 million tonnes of cargo a year in 2003, previous to the bridge being built in the late 15th century, Leith had settlements on either side of the river, lacking an easy crossing. South Leith was larger and was controlled by the lairds of Restalrig and it was based on trade and had many merchants houses and warehouses. This was where ships offloaded their cargoes at The Shore where they were collected by Edinburgh merchants, leithers were explicitly forbidden by statute to participate directly in the trade at the port, to ensure that landed goods were not sold elsewhere. North Leith was smaller but proportionately richer, coming under the jurisdiction of Holyrood Abbey and it was effectively a fishing village consisting of one street, now Sandport Street and Quayside Lane. Burgage plots ran down to the river from each house and this has traditionally been the shipbuilding side of Leith with several wet and dry docks built over time. The first dry dock in Scotland was built here in 1720, a small peninsula of land on the east bank also came under the same jurisdiction on what is now Sheriff Brae/Sheriff Bank. The first bridge to both banks of the river was built in 1493 by Abbot Bellenden, who controlled the church at North Leith. The bridge was a bridge, the revenue supplementing the churchs income. Reputedly Leiths oldest building, it was demolished in 1780 to allow ships to sail further upstream, the earliest evidence of settlement in Leith comes from several archaeological digs undertaken in the Shore area in the late 20th century. Amongst the finds were medieval wharf edges from the 12th century and this date fits with the earliest documentary evidence of settlement in Leith - the foundation charter of Holyrood Abbey. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history, as the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, to a site that is now Parliament Street, off Coalhill. According to the 18th-century historian William Maitland, her palace was situated on Rotten Row, now Water Street. Artifacts from the residence are held by the National Museum of Scotland. In June 1560, Mary of Guise died, and the Siege of Leith ended with the departure of the French troops in accordance with the Treaty of Leith, also known as the Treaty of Edinburgh
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Portobello, Edinburgh
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Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. Once known as a resort, it is located three miles to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, in eastern central Scotland. Although historically it was a town in its own right, and is seen as such by its inhabitants, it is now a residential suburb of Edinburgh. It lies between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny, prior to its current revival, its peak as a resort was probably in the late 19th century, and it was in slow decline throughout the 20th century. By the 1960s, it had become an area of amusement arcades, amongst other examples of the changing nature of Portobello are Augusts Big Beach Busk and Portobello Village Fair, as well as the monthly Portobello Market in Rosefield Park. Most recently, in October 2016, Portobello became the first urban community in Scotland to register a Community Right to Buy after the 2016 expansion of land reform to cover urban areas too. The area was known as Figgate Muir, an expanse of moorland through which the Figgate Burn flowed from Duddingston Loch to the sea. The name Figgate was thought to come from the Saxon term for cows ditch, however, the land was used as pasture for cattle by the monks of Holyrood Abbey and the name is more likely to mean cow road as in Cowgate in Edinburgh. A report from 1661 describes a race in which twelve browster-wives ran from the Burn to the top of Arthurs Seat, by the 18th century, it had become a haunt of seamen and smugglers. He later built a pottery factory, and the local population grew so that Portobello became a thriving village. Land values subsequently rose, and by the beginning of the 19th century some parts had been sold at a yearly feu-duty of £40 per annum per acre, Portobello Sands were used at that time by the Edinburgh Light Horse for drill practice. Walter Scott was their quartermaster, and in 1802 while riding in a charge he was kicked by a horse, while recovering, he finished The Lay of the Last Minstrel. He noted that the lands were a perfect waste covered almost entirely with whins or furze, Portobello developed into a fashionable bathing resort, and in 1807 new salt-water baths were erected at a cost of £5,000. In 1822, the Visit of King George IV to Scotland, organised by Scott, included a review of troops and Highlanders held on the sands, with spectators crowding the sand dunes. During the 19th century, Portobello also became a town, manufacturing bricks, glass, lead, paper, pottery, soap. Joppa to the east was important in the production of salt, in 1833, the town was made a burgh, then in 1896 it was incorporated into Edinburgh by Act of Parliament. A formidable red-brick power station was built in 1934 at the west end of the beach and it was demolished in the following 18 months. It made use of the power stations spare heat, the pool was closed in 1979
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Scotland
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Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles, the Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707. By inheritance in 1603, James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland, Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain. The union also created a new Parliament of Great Britain, which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England. Within Scotland, the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles, titles, the legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law. Glasgow, Scotlands largest city, was one of the worlds leading industrial cities. Other major urban areas are Aberdeen and Dundee, Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union. This has given Aberdeen, the third-largest city in Scotland, the title of Europes oil capital, following a referendum in 1997, a Scottish Parliament was re-established, in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members, having authority over many areas of domestic policy. Scotland is represented in the UK Parliament by 59 MPs and in the European Parliament by 6 MEPs, Scotland is also a member nation of the British–Irish Council, and the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Scotland comes from Scoti, the Latin name for the Gaels, the Late Latin word Scotia was initially used to refer to Ireland. By the 11th century at the latest, Scotia was being used to refer to Scotland north of the River Forth, alongside Albania or Albany, the use of the words Scots and Scotland to encompass all of what is now Scotland became common in the Late Middle Ages. Repeated glaciations, which covered the land mass of modern Scotland. It is believed the first post-glacial groups of hunter-gatherers arrived in Scotland around 12,800 years ago, the groups of settlers began building the first known permanent houses on Scottish soil around 9,500 years ago, and the first villages around 6,000 years ago. The well-preserved village of Skara Brae on the mainland of Orkney dates from this period and it contains the remains of an early Bronze Age ruler laid out on white quartz pebbles and birch bark. It was also discovered for the first time that early Bronze Age people placed flowers in their graves, in the winter of 1850, a severe storm hit Scotland, causing widespread damage and over 200 deaths. In the Bay of Skaill, the storm stripped the earth from a large irregular knoll, when the storm cleared, local villagers found the outline of a village, consisting of a number of small houses without roofs. William Watt of Skaill, the laird, began an amateur excavation of the site, but after uncovering four houses
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World War I
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World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history and it was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. The war drew in all the worlds great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances, the Allies versus the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. These alliances were reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war, Italy, Japan, the trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. This set off a crisis when Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia. Within weeks, the powers were at war and the conflict soon spread around the world. On 25 July Russia began mobilisation and on 28 July, the Austro-Hungarians declared war on Serbia, Germany presented an ultimatum to Russia to demobilise, and when this was refused, declared war on Russia on 1 August. Germany then invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg before moving towards France, after the German march on Paris was halted, what became known as the Western Front settled into a battle of attrition, with a trench line that changed little until 1917. On the Eastern Front, the Russian army was successful against the Austro-Hungarians, in November 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers, opening fronts in the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and the Sinai. In 1915, Italy joined the Allies and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers, Romania joined the Allies in 1916, after a stunning German offensive along the Western Front in the spring of 1918, the Allies rallied and drove back the Germans in a series of successful offensives. By the end of the war or soon after, the German Empire, Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, national borders were redrawn, with several independent nations restored or created, and Germanys colonies were parceled out among the victors. During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the Big Four imposed their terms in a series of treaties, the League of Nations was formed with the aim of preventing any repetition of such a conflict. This effort failed, and economic depression, renewed nationalism, weakened successor states, and feelings of humiliation eventually contributed to World War II. From the time of its start until the approach of World War II, at the time, it was also sometimes called the war to end war or the war to end all wars due to its then-unparalleled scale and devastation. In Canada, Macleans magazine in October 1914 wrote, Some wars name themselves, during the interwar period, the war was most often called the World War and the Great War in English-speaking countries. Will become the first world war in the sense of the word. These began in 1815, with the Holy Alliance between Prussia, Russia, and Austria, when Germany was united in 1871, Prussia became part of the new German nation. Soon after, in October 1873, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck negotiated the League of the Three Emperors between the monarchs of Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany
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Royal Naval Reserve
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The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve, created in 1859, the Royal Naval Reserve has seen action in World War I, World War II, the Iraq War and Afghanistan. This led to a Royal Commission on Manning the Navy in 1858 and this established the RNR as a reserve of professional seamen from the British Merchant Navy and fishing fleets, who could be called upon during times of war to serve in the regular Royal Navy. The RNR was originally a reserve of only, but in 1862 this was extended to include the recruitment. From its creation, RNR officers wore on their uniforms a unique, after initial shore training, officers embarked in larger ships of the Royal Navys fleet for one year, to familiarise themselves with gunnery and naval practice. In 1910, the RNR was formed to recruit and train fishermen for wartime service in minesweepers, prior to the First World War, one hundred RNR officers were transferred to permanent careers in the regular navy—forever after referred to as the hungry hundred. In their professional careers, many RNR officers went on to command the largest passenger liners of the day and some also held positions in the shipping industry. On mobilisation in 1914, the RNR consisted of 30,000 officers, Officers of the permanent RNR on general service quickly took up seagoing appointments in the fleet, many in command, in destroyers, submarines, auxiliary cruisers and Q-ships. Others served in units of the battle fleet including a large number with the West Indies Squadron who became casualties at the Battle of Coronel. One such casualty was armed naval drifter HMT Frons Olivae, which hit a mine off Ramsgate on 12 October 1915 in an explosion killed at least five other seamen. One casualty, a Newfoundlander serving with the Royal Naval Reserve, was buried in the Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal. Merchant service officers and men serving in armed merchant cruisers, hospital ships, fleet auxiliaries, although considerably smaller than both the RN and the RNVR, the RNR had an exceptional war record, members being awarded twelve Victoria Crosses. Again, RNR officers found themselves in command of destroyers, frigates, sloops, landing craft and submarines, or as specialist navigation officers in cruisers, in convoy work, the convoy commodore or escort commander was often an RNR officer. As in the First World War, the RNR acquitted itself well, during the Second World War, no more ratings were accepted into the RNVR, which then became the main route for wartime officer entry. The service was called the Wavy Navy, after the 3/8-inch wavy sleeve rings that RNVR officers wore to differentiate them from RN/RNR officers. From 30 November 2007, mainly due to increasing involvement of the RNR in RN operations and deployments, similarly, RNR ratings no longer wear RNR shoulder flashes. From 1938 until 1957, the RNVR provided aircrew personnel in the form of their own Air Branch, in 1947, their contribution was cut to anti-submarine and fighter squadrons only. By 1957, it was considered by the UK government that the required to operate modern equipment was beyond that expected of reservists
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Bonnington, Edinburgh
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Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon a village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith. The district lies between the districts of Pilrig and Newhaven, the land and mills of Bonnytoun formed part of the Barony of Broughton mentioned in King David I’s confirmation charter to the Abbey of Holyrood in 1143. Like the nearby village of Canonmills, Bonnington was a milling village making use of the river’s water-power, in 1617 the land and mills were sold to the Town Council of Edinburgh by the then landowners, the Logans of Restalrig. At the Council’s invitation, a Dutchman Jeromias van der Heill was installed in 1621 as a dyer to teach his craft locally, the house built for him, named Bonnyhaugh by a later occupant, still stands. When the mill buildings were demolished in the face of protests in the 1980s. The low cottage at its side was the original dying room, a waterwheel of the ‘undershot’ type, from the Bonnington Mills, has been saved and in the 1980s was moved to a new position on the site of the mill lade. The water level in the lade was controlled by a gate at the nearby weir at Redbraes. The water power generated was used to mill grain, weave cloth, tan leather, Bonnington Road became a toll road at the end of the 18th century, hence the name Bonnington Toll at the Newhaven Road junction. The old toll house at the Leith end still exists, a two storey stone house on the edge of the Swanfield Industrial Estate. A bridge over the ford was built in 1812 and replaced by the present bridge in 1902-03, in 1832, Robert Burns’ skinworks occupied the site of Bonnington Mills. The Burns tenement, built on Newhaven Road to house the workers, was renovated in the 1970s. A stone tablet on the tenement depicts a sheep and the tools of the tanners trade, some of these premises have been abandoned or converted to new uses in recent decades. One of the developments in the area from the 1980s is the storage depot of the John Lewis Partnership in Bonnington Road Lane. The former Bonnington Church united with North Leith Parish Church in 1968, with the united congregation using the North Leith Parish Church building in Madeira Street. New housing built along the bank has changed the face of the area around Bonnington Mills. The former Bonnington Primary School reopened on 16 August 2013 as Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, a core of industries and businesses lay on either side of the Water of Leith. Graham Street was cleared of traditional tenements in the 1960s to build low-grade industry, whilst industrial uses were protected in the area, recent planning changes have led to residential uses being likely to take over altogether
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Bruntsfield
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Bruntsfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about mile south-west of the city centre. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton, the modern district of Bruntsfield lies west of Bruntsfield Links, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont. Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north, to the south and east lies the former estate of Greenhill, and to the south Morningside. The estate built on land originally belongng to Bruntsfield House is called Marchmont, many of the street names reflect the association with that family. The whole area lay within the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, from which a former farm Burghmuirhead took its name which passed eventually to an area within Bruntsfield. The Burgh Muir stretched all the way through from the present-day Meadows to the Braid Burn at the foot of the slopes of the Pentland Hills. The junction where Bruntsfield meets Burghmuirhead on the road to Morningside is popularly known as Holy Corner from its cluster of Victorian churches. Bruntsfield Links is home to a pitch and putt golf course serves as a reminder that it was one of the earliest places where golf was played in the Edinburgh area. The Links continue north east to Melville Drive where they meet The Meadows, at the southern end of the links, near Bruntsfield House, a sunken area formed by a former quarry is known locally as Tumblers Hollow. The original name for the area was Brounysfelde or Browns Fields, after the owner of Bruntsfield House and it appears from subsequent charters that the Lauders acquired Bruntisfield at about the same time, unless it was all part and parcel of the 1381 acquisition. J. Stewart-Smith states that Bruntsfield Manor, or as it is known today and they significantly rebuilt the mansion house. In 1603 Sir Alexander Lauder sold it to John Fairlie of the family of Braid, Fairlie carried out extensive work to the original building, which is incorporated in the present mansion. His great-grandson, William Fairlie of Brounsfield, was still in possession after the reign of Mary and he sold Brounisfield to George Warrender of Lochend – then Baillie and afterwards Lord Provost of Edinburgh – in July 1695, and that family were still in possession in 1900. Until just before the Second World War the Union flag flew regularly over the house whenever the family were in residence, by 1915 the feuing of the Bruntsfield Estate Marchmont was complete and no more than seven acres around the house remained in possession of the family. Bruntsfield House passed into Council ownership and since the 1970s has been incorporated into James Gillespies High School as the main admin block. The house was categorised as a Listed Building by Historic Scotland in the days of that agency. Bruntsfield was home to other mansions, not least that of Wrychtishousis on an adjacent to present-day Gillespie Crescent. It was replaced by Gillespies Hospital, built 1803-1805, the site is now occupied by offices of the Royal Blind Asylum and apartments for the elderly run by the Viewpoint Housing Association
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The Canongate
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The Canongate is a district of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The name derives from the burgh of Canongate founded by David I of Scotland c.1143 and it remained an autonomous burgh under its own administration until its incorporation into the adjacent growing city of Edinburgh, in 1856. The district takes its name from the street called Canongate which forms the lower. The eastern end is sometimes referred to as the Holyrood area of the city. However, whilst Holyrood and Canongate derive their origin from the source, Holyrood was a regality in its own right. The boundary is broadly analogous with the Holyrood Sanctuary or current precincts of the Palace, the Canongate is named after the canons of Holyrood Abbey and the Scots word gait meaning way. In 1691 the Canongate Kirk was opened, replacing Holyrood Abbey as the church of the Canongate. The church is used for Sunday services as well as weekday concerts. The Canongate owes its existence primarily to the establishment of Holyrood Abbey in 1128, King David I, who established the Abbey, gave the surrounding area to the Augustinian canons then resident at Edinburgh Castle in the form of a regality. The King also gave leave to the Canons to establish a burgh, the area originally covered by the Canongate included the lands of Broughton, areas around the Pleasance and North Leith, giving the canons access to a port. Holyrood Palace was developed from the 14th Century onwards as successive monarchs made increasing use of the Abbey for political events such as parliaments and royal councils. The word Pallais appears in a reference to the lodgings in the reign of James IV. The burgh of Canongate had a turbulent relationship with its neighbour. The main reason for this was the battle over their exact boundaries up until their unification in 1856. King James VI of Scotlands accession to the throne of England in 1603 began the long, the loss of the royal court from the Palace of Holyroodhouse inevitably affected the wealth of the surrounding area. The Canongate was an important district during the Scottish Enlightenment partly because of the presence of the Canongate Theatre, the philosopher David Hume performed in a play staged there. Sir Walter Scott writing in 1827 stated, Sir Sic itur ad Astra, due to the redevelopment of the 1950s/60s the once overcrowded and poverty-stricken area suffered from serious depopulation. From the 1980s onwards the Canongate area became less industrial, with many of the breweries closing
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Canonmills
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Canonmills is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the south east of the Royal Botanic Garden at Inverleith, east of Stockbridge and west of Bellevue, the area was formerly a loch which was drained in three phases in the 18th and 19th centuries, disappearing finally in 1865. Formerly a small village, Canonmills owes its origins and name, in the way as the Canongate. It is shown pictorially as a cluster of buildings, three of which have waterwheels, on the 1560 Siege of Leith map, at a later period a mill lade from the Water of Leith reached the area via the village of Silvermills to the east. It is now incorporated into a wall of the Canonmills Service Station, the only surviving building of the original village is a pantile-roofed former mill building on the corner of Eyre Place and Canon Street. Until c.1995 further remnants existed on Eyre Terrace, the George V Park, occupying the old Canon Mill Haugh to the south east, used to be a popular sporting arena. The principal feature was the circular Great Sea Serpent which could seat 600 rowers embarking and disembarking at four separate piers. The tunnel, built under Scotland Street in 1847 by the Edinburgh, Leith, trains descended the tunnel under gravity, controlled by two men operating handbrakes in two front wagons. For the return journey, 150mm steel cables were attached to the trains which were pulled up the slope by a stationary winding-engine at the Waverley end, the bridge linking Canonmills to Inverleith Row was built in 1767, its single arch replaced by three arches in 1840. A little lodge-type building on Rodney Street is the old school, the sculptor Stewart McGlashen had his granite yard at Canonmills Bridge and lived opposite, at 5 Brandon Street. Bartholomews Chronological map of Edinburgh Photos of Canonmills Google Map Royal Patent Gymnasium
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Colinton
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Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 6 kilometres south west of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington and it is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-west it extends to Lanark Road and to the south-west to the City Bypass, Bonaly is a subsection of the area on its southern side. Colinton is a conservation area. Originally sited within a steep-sided glen on a convenient fording point on the Water of Leith, the current exterior largely dates from 1907 but the structure dates from 1650. The entrance is marked by a gate, rare in Scotland. The cemetery contains the war memorial. One unique grave within the cemetery is a Norwegian War Grave, the nearby 15th century Colinton Castle, in the grounds of what is now Merchiston Castle School, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during his invasion of Scotland. Following repair, the castle was partially demolished by the artist Alexander Nasmyth in order to create a picturesque ruin. A number of innovative Arts and Crafts style cottages were constructed in the village in the early 1900s by the architect Sir Robert Lorimer. Between 1909 and 1915, the War Office constructed Redford Barracks to the east of the village, the barracks represent the largest military installation built in Scotland since Fort George in the Highlands and they provide military accommodation, together with offices and training facilities. As part of the UK governments defence spending review, Redford and Dreghorn Barracks are deemed surplus to requirements, the village was the location for mills producing textiles, snuff, and paper. The Caledonian Railway Company constructed a new line connecting Slateford and Balerno in 1874. This line continued to carry traffic until 1943, and finally closed when the carriage of freight was discontinued in the 1960s. Today, Colinton is a suburb in Edinburgh, the original heart of Colinton is still referred to as Colinton Village, with small speciality shops and many original buildings remaining intact. The Dell extends along the Water of Leith Walkway from Colinton Parish Church towards Slateford and it is a natural habitat for wildlife. The walkway and cycle path pass by original mill buildings and old tunnel that dates back to when the path was part of the railway line. Spylaw Park is situated within the area, Colinton is served by Bonaly Primary School, Firrhill High School
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Comely Bank
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Comely Bank is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies south-west of Royal Botanic Garden and is situated between Stockbridge and Craigleith, the ground was originally part of Sir William Fettes estate. The original development was a terrace of Georgian town-houses built to face the main east-west road leading to Stockbridge and this was designed by Thomas Brown in 1817 and still stands today. The Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle lived in Comely Bank Road between 1819 and 1821 before achieving literary success, at that time, the terrace at the western end of the road was the last row of houses in Edinburgh before the village of Blackhall. Although there was a burst of construction in the late 19th century. Flora Stevenson School 1900 by John Alexander Carfrae St Stephens Church 1901 by J. N, the cemetery has lost its original southern entrance and its ornate gate piers now lead only into a modern housing estate. It is now accessible from its north-east corner, on Crewe Road. There has been much vandalism in the cemetery and it is notable largely due to an abnormally high number of war graves, due to its juxtaposition to two of the citys hospitals in WW2. This includes Britains youngest in-service death, Reginald Earnshaw only 14 years old
