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A directly photographed image: Custom image processing: Normal process: Exposure mode: Auto exposure: White balance: Auto white balance: Digital zoom ratio: 1: Focal length in 35 mm film: 24 mm: Scene capture type: Standard: Contrast: Normal: Saturation: Normal: Sharpness: Normal: Lens used: Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL1670Z ...
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.
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 ...
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Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] Geo-coordinates Entry number [note 3] Image; Abbey Gate Abingdon Abbey: Gateway: Late 15th century: 19 January 1951: 1368671: Abbey Gate
Mary King's Close has had a reputation for hauntings since at least the 17th century, with several paranormal investigations taking place. It has been pointed out that this particular Close ran the nearest of any to the old Nor Loch, a stagnant and highly polluted marsh; biogas escaping into the close and creating eerie lights may have been the cause for these rumours of spirit hauntings. [7]
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.