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1879: St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Palmerston Place consecrated; R. L. Stevenson's Picturesque Notes, describing the city and its society, is published; William Ewart Gladstone addresses 20,000 people in Waverley Market at start of Midlothian campaign; [citation needed] the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moves to Lauriston Place [8]
The Old Edinburgh Club is a local history society of the city of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.The Club is one of the oldest history societies in Scotland, inaugurated in 1908 [1] and was established to collect textual evidence of Edinburgh’s history and local traditions: objectives which remain to this day. [2]
Edinburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses 292 contributing buildings, 6 ...
Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH) is an independent charity in Edinburgh, Scotland established in 1999. It is tasked with conserving, enhancing and promoting Edinburgh's World Heritage Site "Old and New Towns of Edinburgh", which was designated in 1995. [1]
Edinburgh, showing Arthur's Seat, one of the earliest known sites of human habitation in the area. While the area around modern-day Edinburgh has been inhabited for thousands of years, [1] the history of Edinburgh as a definite settlement can be traced to the early Middle Ages when a hillfort was established in the area, most likely on the Castle Rock.
Society of Friends of the Kirk of the Greyfriars. ISBN 0-9521115-0-0; Scott, Hew (1915). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 37– 48; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1951).
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Edinburgh is home to a BaháΚΌí community, [165] and a Theosophical Society meets in Great King Street. [166] Edinburgh has an Inter-Faith Association. [167] Edinburgh has over 39 graveyards and cemeteries, many of which are listed and of historical character, including several former church burial grounds. [168]