St Leonard's District Photos

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Pleasance

1920s

St Leonard's District -  1920s

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

 

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St Leonard's District  -  1920s

Pleasance

This view looks to the north down Pleasance towards MacPherson's, just beyond the clock in the street, on the corner of South Richmond Street and Pleasance.

There are two horse-drawn vehicles in Pleasance and a car parked in South Richmond Street outside MacPherson's.

Collection of Photos

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

 

1891 Maps

Pleasance can be found running down the centre of the Dumbiedykes map and in the top-left corner of the St Leonard's map below.

 

Dumbiedykes

1891 Map

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St Leonard's

1891 Map

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