High Street

The High Street forms part of the Royal Mile, 
leading from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace.

 

Stereo View  -  1858

An early Stereo View by an unidentified photographer - Procession in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, 1858 ©

STEREO VIEW by an UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER

The Lord High Commissioner's Procession

 

Photographs by Thomas Vernon Begbie  -  late 1850s

Lookng up Edinburgh High Street towards Edinburgh Castle ©

EVENING NEWS PHOTOGRAPH

Looking up the Royal Mile

DO Hill - watercolour of High Street during Edinburgh fire in 1824 ©

WATERCOLOUR BY DO HILL

1824 Fire - The High Street

 

Photographs by Thomas Vernon Begbie  -  late 1850s

    Canongate Tolbooth - Photograph by Begbie ©

High Street Tolbooth

   Canongate Tolbooth - Photograph by Begbie ©

High Street Tolbooth

 

Photograph by J Patrick

High Street - Looking west from beside St Giles Church ©

Looking west from beside St Giles Church

 

Photograph by Norward Inglis  -  c.1950s

Photograph by Norward Inglis - Looking down the Royal Mile towards St Giles' Church ©

High Street

 

Engravings  -  Old & New Edinburgh  -  1890

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

The Royal Exchange

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Allan Ramsay's House in the Royal Mile ©

Allan Ramsay's House

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - John Knox House ©

John Knox House

 

Photograph  -  When?

   Hay's Cash Stores, opposite John Knox House, High Street, Edinburgh ©

Hay's Cash Store

Palace Picture House, High Street, Edinburgh ©

Palace Picture House

High Street - looking to the east from the junction with South Bridge. Street lights are mounted on the wall ©

When?

Looking east from South Bridge

North Pavement

High Street - looking to the east from the junction with South Bridge. Street lights are mounted on the wall ©

When?

Looking east from South Bridge

South Pavement

 

Photographs  -  1960s

Photograph bt Ian Scott - Former Fire Station in the Royal Mile - 1968 ©

Former Fire Station

Photograph taken by Charles W Cushman in 1961 - Shop in the High Street, part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile ©

Shops - 1961

 

Photograph  -  1990s

Looking down the Royal Mile from the roof of St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Looking east down the Royal Mile

from the roof of St Gile's Church

Looking up the Royal Mile from the roof of St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Looking west up the Royal Mile

from the roof of St Gile's Church

 

Photographs  -   2002 to 2004

Tourists and Street Performers

Crowds gather at the Royal Mile to watch the street theatre during the Edinburgh Festival in August 2003 ©

Edinburgh Festival - 2003

View from the Camera Obscura - looking to the east down the Royal Mile ©

Looking down the Royal Mile
from the Camera Obscura

 Street Entertainment - Golden Cycle Man with Cycle in the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival - August 2003 ©

Golden Cycle Man

Street Performer in the High Street - Edinburgh, 2003 ©

White Man

Street Performer in the High Street - Edinburgh, 2003 ©

White Man and Toilet

 Street Performer in the High Street - Edinburgh, 2002 ©

Bronze Lady

    The Funeral Procession for John Burns passes down the High Street, March 2008 ©

Horse-drawn Funeral Procession

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 I'll try to sort them, but it may be a while before I can find the time to do that,

-  Peter Stubbs

 

Photographs -  2006

Views from a 4th Floor room in High Street

View from a 4th floor room in the High Street almost opposite John Knox House, looking west up the Royal Mile towards Edinburgh Castle ©

Looking West towards Edinburgh Castle

View from a 4th floor room in the High Street, looking NE across the up the Royal Mile towards John Knox house with Calton Hill in the distance ©

Looking SE towards John Knox House

 View from a 4th floor room in the High Street almost opposite John Knox House, looking east down the Royal Mile towards Holyrood Palace ©

Looking East towards Holyrood Palace

 

Photographs  -  2007

The Heart of Midlothian , set in the cobbles near the NW corner of St Giles Church in High Street, Edinburgh ©

Heart of Midlothian

The Heart of Midlothian , set in the cobbles near the NW corner of St Giles Church in High Street, Edinburgh ©

Heart of Midlothian

The Scotland Shop in the Royal Mile - oppoosite John Knox House ©

Looking down the High Street

Looking up the High Street towards John Knox House - December 2007 ©

Looking up the High Street
towards St Giles Church

 

Photographs  -  2008

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Looking west  -  Police Box

    Police Box in the High Street - part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile ©

Looking north  -  Police Box

    Two 'Elvis Presley's about to confront each other - August 2008 ©

Two 'Elvis Presley's
about to confront each other

  

Photographs  -  2009

'Riding of the Marches'

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

Looking east from John Knox House

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

Looking west from John Knox House

 

Photographs  -  2010-13

  Telephone Boxes in the High Street. Edinburgh, November 2010 ©

2010

Telephone Boxes

 Charlie Chaplin, on his plinth in the Royal Mile, outside the City Chambers ©

2013

Charlie Chaplin

 

Map

Map of Edinburgh Old Town including High Street, Cowgate, South Bridge, St Giles Church and Tron Kirk and St Giles Church ©

High Street, Cowgate and South Bridge - including St Giles Church and Tron Kirk

 

Map of the Royal Mile

including the High Street

William J Hay - Small leaflet - Royal Mile Map ©

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More photos of the Royal Mile

 

 

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