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High School Wynd |
Engraving from Modern Athens - published 1829
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Drawn by Thomas H Shepherd |
Engraved by W Watkins |
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High School Wynd |
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High School Wynd is a narrow lane leading from the Cowgate to Infirmary Street. The book Modern Athens, published in 1829, commented: "... The houses were piled to an enormous height, some of them amounting to twelve stories ; these were denominated lands. The access to the separate lodgings, in these high piles, was by a common stair, exposed to every inconvenience, arising from filth, steepness, darkness, and danger from fire; and such in a good measure, is the situation of the Old Town in this hour." |
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Engravings from Modern Athens - Published 1829 |
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