Box Box 1 of 9

Part of a series of images of Chessel's Court. Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 show an area on the South side of the Canongate. Note how images Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 have been rearranged to show consecutive views from west to north-east, before being catalogued in the 1980s, the corresponding negatives were numbered in their box so: 14, 11, 13, 12.

Part of a series of images of Chessel's Court. Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 show an area on the South side of the Canongate. Note how images Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 have been rearranged to show consecutive views from west to north-east, before being catalogued in the 1980s, the corresponding negatives were numbered in their box so: 14, 11, 13, 12.

Part of a series of images of Chessel's Court. Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 show an area on the South side of the Canongate. Note how images Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 have been rearranged to show consecutive views from west to north-east, before being catalogued in the 1980s, the corresponding negatives were numbered in their box so: 14, 11, 13, 12.

Part of a series of images of Chessel's Court. Note how images Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 have been rearranged to show consecutive views from west to north-east, before being catalogued in the 1980s, the corresponding negatives were numbered in their box so: 14, 11, 13, 12.

Calton Jail (site of St. Andrew's House) in the background. The site on the lower right hand side of the street (not visible) was formerly occupied by a bus depot and, before that, by the Edinburgh Gas Works. The building on the immediate right is probably the house, or site of the house, of Lord Kames. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

This shows Playhouse and Old Playhouse Close entrances. The Newspaper billboard on the right of the picture reads "News of the World. Crippe Verdict Due Today." The verdict on the the murderer of H.H. Crippen was given on 21st October 1910, hence we have an exact date of this photograph. Old Playhouse Close has been much restored. South side of Canongate. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

"Jack" seems to have been a slater. This unprepossessing Close has associations with General Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, Prince Edwart Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and David Hume, the philosopher. Note the Calton Jail in the background. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

Probably also Little Jack's Close. The details (marks on bricks, etc.) exactly match those shown on print no Coll-1167/B/27/5/9. Unfortunately the writing on the sign board is illegible in both photographs. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

Adjacent to Little Jack's Close. "Jack's Land", a block of flats, lay between the "Jack" Closes. Items Coll-1167/B/27/9-11 show an area on the north side of the Canongate. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

Sugar House Close. Stables and brewery, called "Commercial Brewery" on Ordnance Survey map of 1908. South side of the Canongate. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.