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White Horse Close from the steps of the former White Horse Inn. The inn was the departure point for the stagecoaches that ran between Edinburgh, Newcastle and London in the 18th century. Five arches on the Calton Road side of the building (previously known as the North Back of the Canongate) indicate the former existence of an undercroft which ...
A close is private property, hence gated and closed to the public, whereas a wynd is an open thoroughfare, usually wide enough for a horse and cart [citation needed]. Most slope steeply down from the Royal Mile creating the impression of a herring-bone pattern formed by the main street and side streets when viewed on a map.
English: Edinburgh, Canongate, 8, 9 White Horse Close br/> Wikidata has entry 8, 9 White Horse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh (Q17795513) with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number
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Description: Map of Oxfordshire, UK with Vale of White Horse highlighted.. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 2 August 2011: Source ...
Whitehorse Hill is a hill in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire, England, west of Wantage.At 261 metres (856 ft), it is the highest point in Oxfordshire. Uffington Castle lies on the summit of the hill, and the Uffington White Horse is on the hill's northern slope.
The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) [1] long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.The figure is situated on the upper slopes of Whitehorse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington in Oxfordshire, some 16 km (10 mi) east of Swindon, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage; or 2. ...
The Cowgate (Scots: The Cougait) is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 550 yards (500 m) southeast of Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site.