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Dalry House is the oldest building in Dalry, built in 1661. With the exception of the mill the area was primarily agricultural land, lying outside the Old Town of Edinburgh. The former mansion house, Dalry House, built about 1661 still exists. The house, once set in extensive grounds, is now surrounded by tenements and is located on Orwell Place.
Gorgie-Dalry is the name given to the joint community council, representing Gorgie and Dalry [1] in the west of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. The area also incorporates Tynecastle and parts of Ardmillan .
Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat, [1] Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) [2] is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland.It is in the west of the city centre and is the junction of several main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads south-west to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading west to the M8 and the M9 for Stirling and the north), and Shandwick Place (leading east ...
Close-up of the Tollcross clock. The junction is formed by Earl Grey Street (an extension of Lothian Road originally named Wellington Street) to the north, Lauriston Place to the east, Brougham Street to the south-east (leading to Melville Drive which cuts through The Meadows), Home Street to the south (which leads to Bruntsfield), and West Tollcross to the west.
The south side of Gorgie Road 1887-1899 and north side 1896-1899 west of Newton Street. although Gorgie, west of Robertson Avenue, did not lose its rural character until the early 1900s. [3] McVitie & Price's digestive biscuit tin box. McVitie & Price Ltd was established in 1830 on Rose Street in
The colony houses of Edinburgh were built between 1850 and 1910 as homes for artisans and skilled working-class families by philanthropic model dwellings companies. The first development was the Pilrig Model Buildings, near Leith Walk . [ 1 ]
Sighthill is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.The area is bordered by Broomhouse and Parkhead to the east, South Gyle to the north, the industrial suburb of Bankhead and the Calders neighbourhood to the west, and Wester Hailes to the south. [1]
To the west of the neighbourhood is the A720 Edinburgh city bypass road, with Heriot-Watt University's main campus at Riccarton beyond. To the north, the Calders borders the A71 Calder Road , which at that point is a dual carriageway leading off the city bypass towards Gorgie and the city centre; on the other side of the A71 is the large ...