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Bruntsfield is home to the character Isabel Dalhousie in The Sunday Philosophy Club series of books by Alexander McCall Smith which includes The Right Attitude to Rain and The Careful Use of Compliments. Isabel is a philosopher turned detective, who lives a "lady of leisure" lifestyle in a Bruntsfield townhouse.
Path by Bruntsfield Links. The area is a favourite spot for dog-walkers and becomes an overspill area when crowds gather in the Meadows during warm Summer weather. The west section of the Links next to Whitehouse Loan, where a former school building (the original Boroughmuir School, later James Gillespie's School for Girls) has been converted to a University Hall of Residence, also attracts ...
The Bruntsfield lands, held originally by the King's Sergeant, Richard Broune (hence Brounisfield, later Bruntsfield), were granted by Robert II to Alan de Lawdre in 1381. The Lauder family sold them to the merchant John Fairlie in 1603, whose family sold them in turn to Sir George Warrender, a Bailie and later Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in 1695.
Bruntsfield Hospital was a women's hospital based in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. History. Plaque and tablet on the hospital building Sophia Jex ...
Upload another image See more images Ratho Village, Baird Road, Ratho Kirk, St Mary's Church With Session House, Graveyard, Walls And Gatepiers 55°55′28″N 3°22′49″W / 55.924438°N 3.380297°W / 55.924438; -3.380297 (Ratho Village, Baird Road, Ratho Kirk, St Mary's Church With Session House, Graveyard, Walls And Gatepiers) Category A 27685 Upload another image 3 And 3A ...
James Gillespie's High School was founded in Bruntsfield Place in 1803 as a result of the legacy of James Gillespie, an Edinburgh tobacco merchant, and was administered by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. The school acknowledges Gillespie's links to the North Virginia slave trade and, in keeping with best practice, educates students about ...
A typical row of tenements in Polwarth Swans on the Union Canal at Polwarth. Polwarth is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland.It is bounded by Bruntsfield and Merchiston to the east and south, Gorgie and Dalry to the north, Fountainbridge to the north and east, and Craiglockhart to the west.
Morningside is located approximately 1.6 miles (2.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh's city centre. It is bordered by Bruntsfield to the north, the Grange to the north east, Blackford to the east, Comiston to the south, Greenbank to the south west, and Merchiston to the north west.