Edinburgh and SE Scotland

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©   JB White & Co, Dundee:  with acknowledgement to Alastair White, owner of Whiteholme of Dundee until his retirement in 2002.

Edinburgh & Scott Country

Edinburgh & SE Scotland     © JB White Ltd. Dundee one of the companies owned by Alastair White, published this postcard.  The map on this card, covering Edinburgh and SE Scotland, is described as 'Edinburgh & Scott Country' in recognition of the work of Scottish author and poet, Sir Walter Scott.  Whiteholme of Dundee, another company owned by Alastair White, subsequently published a postcard covering the same part of Scotland under the title, 'Edinburgh & Borders'. ©

Edinburgh and Granton I was interested to see Edinburgh and Granton shown separately on the first of these postcards.  I cannot recall having seen that before. © Granton, with its harbour, lies on the Firth of Forth, about 3 miles to the north of Edinburgh, but it has not always been part of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Boundaries In the early days (12th century to mid-18th century) Edinburgh was a very small town, comprising just part of what we now know as the 'Old Town'  It extended to the east, only half-way down the Royal Mile.  The remainder of the Royal Mile was part of Canongate,  and the 'New Town to the north had not yet been built. The Great Reform Act of 1832 set new boundaries.  Here is an interesting page from the Granton History web site showing these boundaries and subsequent changes to them in the Granton area. By moving the curser across the 1832, 1896, 1900, 1920 dates on this site, the effect of boundary changes in the Granton area can clearly be seen. -  In 1832, Granton was part of Midlothian. -  In 1896, the Boswall area of Granton was transferred to Edinburgh. -  in 1900, Granton Harbour, Granton Gas Works site and other land to the south of the harbour were transferred to Edinburgh. -  in 1920, the remainder of Granton, along with land further to the west, and the whole of Leith became part of Edinburgh.