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Stockbridge is a district of Edinburgh, located north of the city centre, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg , meaning a timber bridge. Originally a small outlying village, it was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh in the 19th century.
Stockbridge library. Stockbridge public library, built in 1898, is one of Edinburgh's 28 freely accessible libraries, [1] located in the Stockbridge area of the city.. The library is currently open six days a week and, in addition to the collection of books, provides "bookbug" sessions for the under-fives, a knitting club and acts as one of the city's business hubs [2]
The New Town and central commercial area of Edinburgh which includes Princes Street. EH3 EDINBURGH An odd shaped area surrounding EH1 and EH2 to the north, west and south. It can be divided into three distinct areas: The New Town area, north of Queen Street and northwards to Stockbridge. The West End, including some of Edinburgh's financial ...
At that time, the terrace at the western end of the road was the last row of houses in Edinburgh before the village of Blackhall. In 1894 the builder Sir James Steel bought the then empty 33-acre (13.5-hectare) site between Comely Bank and Queensferry Road and developed it as high density but high quality four storey tenements.
Stockbridge public library, Edinburgh; Stockbridge Racecourse, a horse racing venue in Hampshire, England which closed in 1898; Stockbridge School, a "progressive" co-educational boarding school for adolescents near Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1948–1976; Stockbridge School of Agriculture, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Grange Club was founded in 1832, in The Grange district of Edinburgh. In 1872 it moved to its current location at Raeburn Place in the Stockbridge district and has hosted out of its pavilion since 1893. The pavilion cost £1,400 and was officially opened on 29 June 1893 by Lord Moncrieff. The pavilion was restored in 1998 at a cost of £ ...
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 ]
The Edinburgh Academy (co-ed, day school, all ages) Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School; Fettes College (co-ed, all ages, day and boarding) George Heriot's School (co-ed, day school, all ages) George Watson's College (co-ed, day school, ages) Erskine Stewart's Melville Junior School (co-ed) The Mary Erskine School (girls, senior)