Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh: diagrammatic plan of the new Royal Burgh, c. 1230, c 1914

Item — Box Box E: Series Coll-1167/B

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/3/2

Scope and Contents

Diagrammatic Plan of the new Royal Burgh showing the probable extensions and boundaries prior to the grant of ecclesiastical settlements around 1230. The central street or market-place of Edinburgh was laid out one hundred feet wide with low galleried houses on each side.

Dates: c 1914

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Early Medieval (feudal)

Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Item — Box Box 7 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/31/11

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A series of a random selection of prints, many appear to be duplicate copies of other images, relating to Edinburgh, Scotland and elsewhere which were added to the teaching collection at the Outlook Tower at some point after Patrick Geddes' death and before 1990. Some are marked and are therefore copyright of W. Reid; Balmain Photographers, Edinburgh; and The Scotsman - some of these may belong in Coll-1167/C/2

Dates: c 1910 - c 1985

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Photographic prints from the Outlook Tower collections

Edinburgh from Murrayfield Golf Course

Item — Box Box 7 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/31/7

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A series of a random selection of prints, many appear to be duplicate copies of other images, relating to Edinburgh, Scotland and elsewhere which were added to the teaching collection at the Outlook Tower at some point after Patrick Geddes' death and before 1990. Some are marked and are therefore copyright of W. Reid; Balmain Photographers, Edinburgh; and The Scotsman - some of these may belong in Coll-1167/C/2

Dates: c 1910 - c 1985

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Photographic prints from the Outlook Tower collections

Edinburgh from St Cuthbert's to St Giles, 1670., c 1914

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/4/5

Scope and Contents

Duplicate copy of from a very rare view by Hollar, 1670. No references traced. May have been cut from a magazine.

Dates: c 1914

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Later Medieval (burghal)

Edinburgh Model from the south east, c 1985

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/23/4

Scope and Contents

Edinburgh model from the south-east. It is possible that this model was the first exhibit in the "Outline of a Survey of Edinburgh" in the 1911 "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition". If so, it was made by Paul Reclus (1858-1941) in true relief, i.e horizontal and vertical scales the same, showing various aspects of the city. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1985

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh / Models, maps, diagrams

Edinburgh Model from the south east, c 1890-c 1910

Item — Box Box 3 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/23/4

Scope and Contents

Edinburgh model from the south-east. It is possible that this model was the first exhibit in the "Outline of a Survey of Edinburgh" in the 1911 "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition". If so, it was made by Paul Reclus (1858-1941) in true relief, i.e horizontal and vertical scales the same, showing various aspects of the city. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910