Canongate

 

Engravings  -  Old & New Edinburgh  -  1890

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh - The Canongate Tolbooth ©

Canongate Tolbooth

 Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' Huntly House in the Canongate - front of building ©

Huntly House

 

Engravings  -  Old & New Edinburgh  -  1890

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Nether Bow ©

Nether Bow Port

 Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Canongate Tolbooth ©

Moray House

 

Engravings  -  Modern Athens  -  1829

Engraving in Modern Athens - Published 1829 - The Canongate, looking west ©

Canongate - looking west

 

Watercolour Painting  -  early 1900s?

    Watercolour Painting of Canongate, possibly early 1900s, by Thomas Millons ©

Thomas Millons

Looking east towards Canongate Tolbooth

 

Photo - 1959

   Canongate - Lamp post and parked cars, 1959 ©

Lamp Post and Parked Cars

 

Postcard  -  Early 1900s

Postcard used by Wm Taylor & Co, Broughton Soap Works - Tolbooth, Canongate, Edinburgh ©

Tolbooth, Canongate

 The back of a Postcard used by Wm Taylor & Co, Broughton Soap Works - Tolbooth, Canongate, Edinburgh ©

Back of card
Tolbooth, Canongate

 

 

Photographs  -  January 2006

Looking to the west up Cannongate from a point below the junction with New Street ©

Canongate

 Looking to the west up Cannongate from a point below the junction with New Street ©

Canongate

 Loking to the west across the back yards on the northern side of the Canongate towards the buildings in New Street ©

Yards behind Canongate

 

Photographs  -  March 2006

187 Canongate

Bible Land, 183-187 Canongate, Edinurgh ©

Bible Land

Bible Land, 183-187 Canongate, Edinurgh - zoom-in to window ©

Bible Land window

Bible Land, 183-187 Canongate, Edinurgh - zoom-in to cartouche ©

Bible Land Cartouche

 

Royal Mile Primary School

formerly

 Milton House Primary School

Royal Mile Primary School (formerly Milton House Public School) from the North ©

April 2006

Royal Mile Primary School - from N

Royal Mile Primary School (formerly Milton House Public School) from the NW ©

April 2006

Royal Mile Primary School - from NW

Police Box and Zebra Crossing outside Royal Mile Primary School, Canongate ©

May 2008

Police Box outside Royal Mile Primary School

Police Box on the corner of Canongate and Cranston Street, beside the Edinburgh School of English ©

August 2010

Police Box on the corner of Cranston Street

Garfield crosses Canongate at Royal Mile Primary School ©

October 2013

Garfield crosses Canongate
at Royal Mile Primary School

Garfield crosses Canongate at Royal Mile Primary School ©

October 2013

Garfield crosses Canongate
at Royal Mile Primary School

 

'Riding of the Marches'

September 2009

Riding of the Marches - Edinburgh, September 6, 2009 ©

Scottish Parliament

Riding of the Marches - Edinburgh, September 6, 2009 ©

Royal Mile Primary School

Riding of the Marches - Edinburgh, September 6, 2009 ©

Aitchison House

 

Other Recent Photographs

  Scottish Veterans' Residences, Whitefoord House, 53 Canongate, Edinburgh ©

April 2006

Whitefoord House

Canongate Church in the Royal Mile ©       Canongate Church in the Royal Mile - Zoom-in (lower centre) ©       Canongate Church in Edinburgh's Royal Mile - Zoom in to Cross and Antlers (upper centre) ©

Canongate Church

The Funeral Procession for John Burns approaches Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile, March 2008 ©

Funeral Procession

The Funeral Procession for John Burns approaches Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile, March 2008 ©

Funeral Procession

The top of St John Street ©

St John Street
leading into Canongate

 

Canongate

History

The Canongate is part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

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 The Royal Mile leads from Holyrood Palace, beside Holyrood Abbey (established by King David I in 1128 and dedicated to the Holy Rood)

Postcard published by WH, Berlin, with many small cut-out windows and moon, to be held up to the light - Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

up the ridge to Edinburgh castle.

Postcard from the P&WM Vello Series - Edinburgh Castle Esplanade ©

The Canongate (named after the Canon's 'Gait' or 'Walk') was originally a separate borough from Edinburgh, though the two were only a mile apart.  The boundary between the two boroughs was half way up the Royal Mile at the Netherbow.

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Nether Bow ©

Here is a map of the Royal Mile, including the Canongate:

William J Hay - Small leaflet - Royal Mile Map ©

small image

large image

 

 

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