Edinburgh, Scotland

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Most likely a facsimile of James Craig's plan of the New Town dated 1767. This plan was to begun to be carried into execution Anno 1767. The Right Honourble Gilbert Laurie Esq. Lord Provost

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Facsimile of a plan of Edinburgh showing the Old and New Town and Leith, by John Ainslie showing the New Town in the course of building. Published according to Act of Parliament 20 June, 1804.

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Plan of the proposed Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway and the branches to it from Cowpits, Fisherrow Harbour and Edinburgh, surveyed under the direction of James Jardine, civil engineer, 1825.

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Shows line of Hodden Wall, Burgh of Canongate and their extensions; the development of Nor Loch as partial moat; growth of ecclesiastical foundations outside the walls. Note also extension of Hodden Wall after 1513, also land acquired outside Hodden Wall in 1618. Undated.

Scope and Contents A photographic print showing an image of the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee's Survey of Open Spaces in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Below the plan is seen a list of 75 existing and potential open spaces. The inscription in the top left hand corner records that on seven sites, gardens had been made already by the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee, 1909-1910. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes'...

Scope and Contents A glass plate negative showing an image of the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee's Survey of Open Spaces in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Below the plan is seen a list of 75 existing and potential open spaces. The inscription in the top left hand corner records that on seven sites, gardens had been made already by the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee, 1909-1910. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes'...

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Part of the original is alleged to be at Huntly House, (the Museum of Edinburgh); the remaiming part is at the University Library Special Collections. A caption entitled "Instructions for viewing," together with another caption for another but similar model, have been filed under Coll-1167/K as they were probably used at the Exhibition curated by Jacqueline Tyrwhitt and George Pepler (1948), if not earlier.

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Small duplicate photographic print of Coll-1167/B/27/20/2 showing the triangular open space opposite the Deaconess Hospital.

Scope and Contents This site is a triangular open space opposite the present (1988) Deaconess Hospital which would be on the right beyond the edge of the picture. See print Coll-1167/B/26/20/6. This view is looking north. The hospital was re-used as Lothian Health Board Headquarters in March 1991. The triangular open space in this photograph is occupied by the rather elaborate public house. The sign over the door reads "G Kirk". The subsequent open space is apparently now to be built over again (1997)....

Scope and Contents This site is a triangular open space opposite the present (1988) Deaconess Hospital which would be on the right beyond the edge of the picture. See print Coll-1167/B/27/20/6. This view is looking north. The hospital was re-used as Lothian Health Board Headquarters in March 1991. The triangular open space in this photograph is occupied by the rather elaborate public house. The sign over the door reads "G Kirk". The subsequent open space is apparently now to be built over again (1997)....