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Even before the bridge had been built, Edinburgh Town Council were making preparations for building the Eastern New Town, which would stretch from the slopes of Calton Hill, north to Leith, between Leith Walk and Easter Road. The Lord Provost made an agreement with the main landowners in 1811, some initial surveying was done and there was a ...
Broughton (/ ˈ b r oʊ t ən /) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. The area is mostly residential in nature but includes the former Broughton market.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The New Town, shown in light brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The New Town is defined here as the area shown ...
Derek McGowan, Service Director for Housing and Homelessness at the City of Edinburgh Council, said the city had been offered about 70 external properties, mostly in neighbouring local authorities ...
St Paul's and St George's Church (known colloquially as "Ps and Gs") is an evangelical church of the Scottish Episcopal Church in central Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It is located on the corner of Broughton Street and York Place in the east end of Edinburgh's New Town, and is protected as a category A listed building.
Plan for the New Town, Edinburgh by James Craig (1768) During the Industrial Revolution, Scotland became one of the commercial and industrial centres of the British Empire. [1] From the mid-eighteenth century this growing wealth and confidence was reflected in a classically inspired building boom focused on Edinburgh's New Town.
The Burns tenement, built on Newhaven Road to house the tannery workers, was renovated in the 1970s. A stone tablet on the tenement depicts a sheep and the tools of the tanner's trade. Construction of flood defences, 2012. The Bonnington Chemical Works on Newhaven Road processed residues from the manufacture of coal gas in Edinburgh. Starting ...
It finally became Broughton St Mary's in 1992 as a result of the union with Broughton McDonald Church. Designed by architect Thomas Brown (then Superintendent of City Works for Edinburgh), the site for the Church was finalised on 11 September 1822 at the northern extent of Edinburgh's New Town development. Although the Church was opened for ...