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Part of a model showing the layout of closes off the Royal Mile Anchor Close. The Old Town in Edinburgh consisted originally of the city's main street, now known as the Royal Mile, and the small alleyways and courtyards that led off it to the north and south. These were usually named after a memorable occupant of one of the apartments reached ...
The Royal Mile runs between two significant locations in the royal history of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and has a total length of approximately one mile. [3] The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand.
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For Child & Company private bank, part of The Royal Bank of Scotland (1923) 15-98 to 15-99: For C. Hoare & Co, independent private bank 16: Royal Bank of Scotland: Formerly Williams & Glyn's Bank (1985), itself formerly Williams Deacon's Bank (1970) 16-00-38 for Drummonds Bank, part of The Royal Bank of Scotland 16-52-21 for the Cumberland ...
Old Bank of Scotland Headquarters, The Mound, Edinburgh: Date: 5 November 2011, 16:05: ... View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap ... Royal Bank of Scotland;
Wikidata has entry Royal Bank Of Scotland Building, 28-30 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh (Q17793467) with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number 30141 .
The "Royal Mile" is a name coined in the early 20th century for the main street of the Old Town which runs on a downwards slope from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes (alleyways), often no more than a few feet wide, lead steeply downhill to both north and south of the main spine which runs west to ...
The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was first proposed in 1783 by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, John Grieve [1] to support merchants on the Royal Mile to improve connection to the residents on Princes Street (which was then built only from St Andrew Square to Hanover Street and was wholly residential) in correct anticipation of the need for such a new route. [2]