Royal Mile Closes

Mid-1700s

1.

'Edinburgh in the Mid-Eighteenth Century'

Extract 1 from map, including closes near Holyrood  at the foot of Canongate

   Royal Mile Closes in mid-C18 - Extract from map including Holyrood ©

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Dickson, Royston, Edinburgh
Map drawn by Henry F Kerr in 1918 and published in The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, Vol XI, 1922.

2.

'Edinburgh in the Mid-Eighteenth Century'

Extract from map, including closes near Nether Bow Port  at the top of Canongate

Royal Mile Closes in mid-C18 - Extract from map including Nether Bow Port ©

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Dickson, Royston, Edinburgh
Map drawn by Henry F Kerr in 1918 and published in The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, Vol XI, 1922.

 

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Royal Mile Closes in mid-C18 - Extract from map including Holyrood ©            Royal Mile Closes in mid-C18 - Extract from map including Nether Bow Port ©

 

Royal Mile Closes

These maps were added to the EdinPhoto web site during a discussion of the view in this etching by Robert Smith Forrest.

Etching titled 'Chancellor Court' by Robert Smith Forrest ©

In fact, the etching is of Chessel's Court. opposite New Street, just below where Nether Bow Port once stood in Canongate.

 

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    William J Hay - Small leaflet - Royal Mile Map ©

 

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