Buildings

Edinburgh Schools

Some were formerly Hospitals

and

Hospitals

Several of Edinburgh's schools were established as hospitals to look after both the health and education of their pupils
e.g. Heriot's and Gillespie' hospitals.

Some continued to keep their 'Hospital' names until fairly recent times.

 

Abbeyhill

   School or former school at Abbeyhill - between Easter Road and Montrose Terrace ©

PHOTO 2007

 

Boroughmuir School

  W R & S Ltd photograph from the early 1900s - Boroughmuir School ©

W R & S PHOTO

 

Broughton Primary School

Formerly Broughton Public School

Broughton Primary School, Broughton Road ©

RECENT PHOTO

Broughton Primary School, Broughton Road ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

Couper Street School

Leith

Hartmann Postcard with coat of arms - Couper Street School, Leith ©

HARTMANN POSTCARD

 

Craiglockhart Primary School

Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

Craigmillar Primary School

The former Craigmillar Primary School, Harewood Road, Craigmillar -  photographed March 2006 ©

RECENT PHOTO

The former Craigmillar Primary School, Harewood Road, Craigmillar -  photographed March 2006 ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

Daniel Stewart's College

Daniel Stewart's College - Photograph by Begbie ©

PHOTO: Begbie  -  late 1850s

 

David Kilpatrick School

Leith

A postcard from Anderson, North Junction Street, Leith - David Kilpatrick School ©

ANDERSON POSTCARD

The message on the back of a postcard from Anderson, North Junction Street, Leith - David Kilpatrick School ©

ANDERSON POSTCARD

 

Dr Bell's School

Great Junction Street, Leith

The Frontage of Dr Bell's School, Great Junction Street, Leith - Photograph taken Novemeber 2005 ©

RECENT PHOTO

The Frontage of Dr Bell's School, Great Junction Street, Leith - Photograph taken Novemeber 2005 ©

RECENT PHOTO

The Frontage of Dr Bell's School, Great Junction Street, Leith - Photograph taken Novemeber 2005 ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

Donaldson's School

Enlargement from a stereo view by Douglas - Donaldson's Hospital  ©

HALF of a STEREO CARD

 

Edinburgh Academy

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Edinburgh Academy, Hamilton Place ©

ENGRAVING - 1829

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - Edinburgh Academy in Hamilton Place ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Edinburgh Academy ©

ENGRAVING - 1890

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Edinburgh Academy, Hamilton Place ©

ENGRAVINGS

 

Edinburgh Ladies' College

Early 1900s

    Postcard published by JM - Ladies' College, Queen Street, Edinburgh ©

Ladies' College, Queen Street

Edinburgh Ladies' College, Front Elevation - Postcard by an unidentified publisher ©

Edinburgh Ladies' College
Front Elevation by Hippolyte J Blanc

Edinburgh Ladies' College & Royal Scottish Nursing Institute, 78 Queen Street - Postcard by WR&S Ltd ©

Edinburgh Ladies' College
& Royal Scottish Nursing Institute

Edinburgh Ladies' College, Gymnasium - Postcard by PA Buchanan ©

Edinburgh Ladies College
Gymnasium

Edinburgh Ladies' College, Piano and Dancing - Postcard by PA Buchanan©

Edinburgh Ladies College
Piano + Dancing

 

Fettes College

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Fettes College ©

ENGRAVING - 1890

W R & S Ltd - Photograph from the early-1900s - Fettes College ©

W R & S PHOTO

Postcard - Fettes College Cricket Field ©

POSTCARD

WR&S Postcard - Fettes College - posted 1907 ©

POSTCARD

   Postcard by an unidentified publisher - Fettes College - The Yeo Memorial Pavilion ©

Fettes Yeo Memorial Pavilion

More Pictures
of
Fettes College

 

Flora Stevenson School

Flora Stevenson's Primary School, beside Comely Bank roundabout - 2007 ©

PHOTO 2007

 

Fort Primary School

The former Forth Primary School, North Fort Street, Leith ©

PHOTO (school closed)

The former Forth Primary School, North Fort Street, Leith ©

PHOTO (school closed)

The former Forth Primary School, North Fort Street, Leith ©

PHOTO (school closed)

More photos
of
Fort Primary School

 

Gillespie's Hospital

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - New Merchant Maiden Hospital in Lauriston Lane ©

ENGRAVING

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - Gillespie's Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Gillespie's School ©

ENGRAVING

Enraving from 'Modern Athens' - Gillespie's Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

©

PHOTOGRAPH - 1950s

Ice House on site for 1950s school

 

Heriot's Hospital

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' ' Heriots Hospital from Castle Hill ©

ENGRAVING - 1829

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - Heriot's Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Heriot's Hospital ©

ENGRAVING - 1890

Engraving in Modern Athens - Heriots Hospital - View from Edinburgh Castle ©

ENGRAVINGS

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 26 - George Heriot's Hospital ©

EDINBURGH CALOTYPE CLUB

 

Leith High School

Engraving from 'Old & New Ediburgh' - Leith High School ©

ENGRAVING - 1890

 

Leith Primary School

View of Leith Primary School from Duncan Place, Leith Links - October 2007 ©

RECENT PHOTO

View of Leith Primary School from Duncan Place, Leith Links - October 2007 ©

RECENT PHOTO

Leith Primary School, Leith Links - A Valentine Postcard ©

POSTCARD

EARLY 1900s

 

Leith Walk Primary School

The Norwegian Seaman's Church, 25 North Junction Street, Leith - now home of the Leith School of Art ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

London Street Primary School

    London Street Primary School, 2013 ©

PHOTOGRAPH 2009

 

Longstone Primary School

Longstone Primary School - photographed around 1960 ©

PHOTOGRAPH  c.1960

 

Merchant Maiden Hospital

Lauriston Lane

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - Merchant Maiden Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Merchant Maiden Hospital in Lauriston Lane ©

ENGRAVINGS

 

Milton House
 Primary School

This has now become the Royal Mile Primary School

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

RECENT PHOTO

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

RECENT PHOTO

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

RECENT PHOTO

Milton House School Playground ©

DATE?

School Playground

  

Moredun
 Primary School

(now demolished)

Moredun School - shortly before its demolition ©

Clock Tower

Moredun School - shortly before its demolition ©

Boys' Playground

Moredun School - shortly before its demolition ©

Girls' Playground

Moredun School - shortly before its demolition ©

Infants' Playground

 

Morningside

'The Wee School'

The Wee School, Morningside - Postcard ©

ENGRAVING - 1890

 

Parson's Green School

Parson's Green School - Before the 1958 Fire ©

Before the 1958 Fire

Parson's Green School - Some time after the fire in 1958 ©

After the 1958 Fire

Postal Bowling Club's bowling green and Parsons Green School in the background ©

Date?

View from the Postal Bowling Club's Bowling Green

 

Peffermill School

    Peffermill School ©

Peffermill School

 

Peffermill Tin School

    Peffermill Tin School, 1951 ©

Peffermill Tin School

    Lunch time at the wee tin school, Peffermill Road, Craigentinny - 1950 ©

Peffermill Tin School

lunch time

 

Preston Street

Primary School

Preston Street School ©

2006

Preston Street School

Preston Street School ©

2006

Preston Street School

Preston Street School and concrete structure ih playground ©

2011

Preston Street School and Concrete Structure in Playground

 

Royal High School

Regent Road

Postcard by PA Buchanan & Co - Royal High School, Edinburgh - Is it the Library? ©

POSTCARD

Library?

Postcard by PA Buchanan & Co - Royal High School, Edinburgh - Is it the Art Classroom? ©

POSTCARD

Art Classroom?

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - The Royal High School ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving from "Modern Athens - hand coloured (another picture) - The Royal High School ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - The Royal High School in Regent Road ©

ENGRAVINGS

More pictures of
Royal High School

 

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

A postcard published by The Scientific Press - The Charteris Ward, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh ©

Early 1900s

Charteris Ward

 

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Royal Infirmary ©

2nd site

High School Yards

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ©

3rd site

Lauriston Place

The New Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Little France, Edinburgh ©

3rd site

Little France

 

Royal Mile
 Primary School

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

RECENT PHOTO

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

RECENT PHOTO

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

RECENT PHOTO

 

St George's
School for Girls

Postcard by Marshall Keene & Co - St George's School for Girls, Library ©

POSTCARD

Library

 

St Ann's School
Cowgate

     St Ann's Junior Schoo and Playground, Edinburgh - 2005 ©

Junior school and Playground

   St Ann's Junior School and Cowgate, Edinburgh - 2005 ©

Junior School and Cowgate

   St Ann's Girls' School, Cowgate, Edinburgh - 2005 ©

Girls' School

   St Ann's School ©

Junior school and Playground

 

St Hilda's School
Liberton

Postcard by PA Buchanan & Co - St Hilda's School, Liberton - Dining Room, Junior House ©

POSTCARD

Dining Room

Postcard by PA Buchanan & Co - St Hilda's School, Liberton - Dormitory, Junior House ©

POSTCARD

Dormitory

 

St Patrick's School

    ©

1960s

St Patrick's School

 ©

1960s

St Patrick's School + Playground

 

Sciennes School

    Postcard by an unidentified publisher - Sciennes School, Edinburgh ©

POSTCARD

 

Towerbank Primary School

Portobello

Towerbank School, Portobello - July 2004 ©

RECENT PHOTO

 

Trinity Academy

   Trinity Academy, 1955 ©

1955

Front of the School

Tynecastle High School

Tynecastle High School - The old school - June 2010 ©

2010

Old School

Tynecastle High School - The old school and the new school - June 2010 ©

2010

Old + New Schools

Tynecastle High School - The old school - June 2010 ©

2010

Old School

Tynecastle High School - The old school and the new school - June 2010 ©

2010

Old + New Schools

 

John Watson Hospital

Engraving in' Modern Athens' - hand-coloured - John Watson Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - John Watson Hospital ©

ENGRAVINGS

 

George Watson's College

WR&S Postcard - George Watson's College - posted 1907 ©

POSTCARD

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - George Watson's Hospital ©

ENGRAVING - 1819

 

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