St Leonard's District Photos

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South Richmond Street

1920s

St Leonard's District -  1920s

©   Reproduced with acknowledgement to David Gordon, Old Town, Edinburgh

 

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    St Leonard's District -  1920s ©

 

St Leonard's District  -  1920s

South Richmond Street

This view is of the west side of MacPherson's pub, facing onto South Richmond Street.

MacPherson's is advertising:

"Dalkeith Ale in Bottle"

''Bass in Bottle"

"Disher's Ten Guinea Ale in Bottle"

The building on the right of MacPherson's in this photo with the large doorway is the Police Station at 146 Pleasance.

Pleasance

Here is a photo of the west side of MacPherson's facing on to Pleasance

St Leonard's District -  1920s ©

Map

South Richmond Street been demolished.  Please click on the map below to see where South Richmond Street used to be.  The street is half-way down the map on the left-hand side:

Edinburgh and Leith map, 1925  -  Dumbiedykes and St Leonard's ©

Collection of Photos

The image at the top of this page is taken from a collection of whole-plate negatives.  The photos were probably taken around the 1920s.

 

St Leonard's District  -  2008

Today

Please click on one of  the thumbnail images below to see what this area looks like in 2008.

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance  -  July 2008 ©      Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance  -  July 2008 ©

 

1891 Map

South Richmond Street can be found at the upper-left corner of the St Leonard's map below

 

 

South Side

1891 Map

   Edinburgh Old Town  -  Extract from a Bartholemew Map, 1891  -  South Side ©

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1891 Map

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