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      Edinburgh 
        
              
                 
                
            ©  | 
      
       
       
      
      
      1575  Castle and City Walls 
       
      
      
      1460,   1544,   1582,     
      
          1649,    
       
      
      1670,   1830, 1844,   1860,   1870,   
       
      1923,   1925,  1940,  1955  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh  
      -  
      Aerial Views 
      
                
              
                
              
              ©  | 
      
       
              
              1868 engraving 
      
      
      2001      
      2003     
      
      2006 
      
      
      Comparison 1844, 
      1925, 2001 
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      Edinburgh  
      -  
      Pictorial Map 
      
      
       
      
      
        ©  | 
      
       
      
      1954  showing Bruce Peebles 
      works  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh Districts 
      
      including Edinburgh N, S, E, W 
      
        
        
©  | 
      
       
          SMALL and LARGE: 
              
              1870 
              
              1912 
              
              1915 
              
              1925 
              
              1940 
              
              1955  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh Districts 
      
      including Edinburgh N, S, E, W 
      
         
        
          
        © 
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          MAPS and 
          AERIAL VIEWS: 
      
      Comparison 1844, 
      1925, 2001 
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      Edinburgh 
      and 
      Leith 
      
      Chronological Map - 1919 
      
        
              
        ©  | 
      
       
          SMALL: 
          
              
      Edinburgh      
          
          Leith 
          LARGE: 
      
      Edinburgh      
          
          West    
           
          
          Central      
          
          East  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      Districts 
      
      
      
      Maps AND Aerial Photos 
              
        
              
        © | 
      
       
              
              1844 in 
              
      
              16 parts 
              
              1925 in 16 parts
              
      
              
              
       
              2001 
              in 
              
              16 parts 
              
              
              1914 and 1930  Greenend and Moredun Mill 
              
              1948 - Morrison 
              Street 
              
              1950s - Pubs 
              around Bristo Street 
              
              
              1955 - Stenhouse St 
              Aiden's Church  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - Central 
         
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      1830  1840   
      1850   1860   1870   1917   2001 
      
      
      
      1840 map -  snack bars today 
      
      World 
      War II 
      
      - Air Raid Shelters  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      Castle to Calton Hill 
         
      
 
                
            ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      1830  1840  1848  1865 
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      Edinburgh - Old 
      Town 
         
      
       
      
        
      © | 
      
       
      
      Old Town - 1575 
      Dumbiedykes  - 
      1820   
      1821   
      1868 
      Fire in 
      the Old Town 
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      1891 - 
      Edinburgh Old Town  and zooming-in on: 
      
      Dumbiedykes    
      
      Edinburgh Gas Works 
      
      
      Royal Mile (E)    
      Royal Mile (W) 
      
      St Leonard's      
      South Side      
      Waverley  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh - Old 
      Town sketches 
      
               
        
        
              © | 
      
       
      
      Arthur Street,  Nos 15-21 
      
      1940  
      Arthur Street  water tank 
      
      
      1940 Cowgate School, Church, Water Tank 
      
      c.1950 
      Cowgate Schools and Church  | 
    
    
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       Royal 
      Mile Closes 
      
      
       
                ©  | 
      
       
      
      1817  1830  1928  
      1979 
      
      1979 
      
      
      early C20  
      
      -  large 
      
      
      early C20  
      
      -  small  | 
    
    
      
      
      
      Foot of Canongate - mid-C18 
      
      Top of Canongate - mid-C18 
      
      
      Fleshmarket Close - 1876-77 
      
      Fleshmarket Close - 1893-94  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh -
      Princes Street 
         
      
              
               
      
                
      © | 
      
       
      
      Views 
      
      
      
      Hotels - 1915 
      
      The 
      route to EPS 
      
      
      Photographic Studios 
      
      Princes 
      Street Studios  1860-1900 
      
      
      Princes Street Studios:  1900: Nos 26-46 
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      Edinburgh - 
      New Town 
      
      
       
        
        ©  | 
      
       
      
      Kirkwood's map - 1817 
      
      
      Sections of the Map 
      
      
      Index:  Streets and Buildings  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh - New 
      Town and surrounding area  -  sketches 
      
               
        
        
              ©  | 
      
       
      
      c.1950   East 
      Thomas Street  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - Waverley 
      
         
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      1817  1830   1844  1858   
      1860   1917   2001 
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      Edinburgh 
      - Dumbiedykes 
         
      
       
      © | 
      
       
      c.1820    
      c.1821      
      1868 
      
      
      Cowgate and 
      Pleasance 
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      Edinburgh 
      - Lawnmarket 
      
         
      
        
                
          
                ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      Lawnmarket - for comparison with 1970s photo  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - Detail 
      from large-scale maps 
      
        
              
              © 
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      - 
      
      Freer Street, Fountainbridge, 1894 
      
      - 
      
      Bedford Street, Stockbridge, 1894  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - Who lived 
      where? 
      
      
 
        
        
        ©  | 
      
       
      Murrayfield, Baird Avenue 
 - Who lived where, c.1930? 
 - Who lived where, c.1930? 
      - 2012 update  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - EPS 
      Meeting Halls 
      
        
      
        
                
      ©  | 
      
       
          SMALL:   
      
      EPS 
          LARGE:   
      
      EPS  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      - Housing 
      
         
                
           
          
      
          ©  | 
      
       
          Map extracts: 
          
          Hutments 
          (1920-21):  Albert Street  
       
      
      Hutments (1920-21):  Meadowbank 
      
          Plan on Drainage Report: 
      
      
      Hutments (1920-21):  Meadowbank  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh - 
      Royal Botanic Garden 
              
                 
          
           
               
              
              ©  | 
      
       
      1925 
      - OS Map - District Map 
      
      
      
      1870 - Garden Map 
      
      
      
      1909 - Garden Map 
      
      
      
      1970 - Garden Map 
      
      2012 - Garden Map  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh - 
      Time Gun 
              
                 
              
              
               
               
              
              ©  | 
      
       
      
      1861 - map divided 
      into 6 large sections 
      
      
      1861 - map divided 
      into 24 small sections 
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       Edinburgh 
      & Leith - Transport 
         
      
      
       
      
      © | 
      
       
      
      Airport - 1923 
      
      Railways   -  
      from 1831 to early 1900s 
      
      
      Railways -  1928 
      
      
      Railways  -  1895 - Niddrie Station 
      
      
      Railways  -  1853 - Scotland Street Station 
      
      Railways + Trams - 1924 - Edinburgh 
      
      Railways + Trams - 1824 - Salamander Street 
      
      Trams + Buses  
      -  1920    1924   1926   1929 
      
      
      Tram Routes from Granton - 1952 
          SMALL:  
       1908 Exhibition 
          LARGE:   
      1908 
      Exhibition  | 
    
    
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       Edinburgh - Princes 
      Street 
      Photographic Studios 
      
        
      
       
       
      
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      1850s-1860s 
      1865  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh  
      -  Waterfront 
      
                
              
                
              
        ©  | 
      
       
       
      2001 Aerial 
      Photos 
      
      
      
      Forthquarter Park 
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      Firth of Forth 
     
 
              
      
    
              © 
              
                
      
      
        
      ©  | 
      
       
      1907 Map 
      
      2009 Competition Entry  | 
    
    
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      Forthside 
       Leith Western Harbour 
      
      
        
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      Leith 
      Western Harbour 
      
      Granton Western Harbour 
      Port of Leith  | 
    
    
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      Edinburgh 
      and Leith 
      
        
      
        
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      
              1812  1835  
      1840  1860  1870  1917  1925  
      2001 
      
      
      
      1884 
      
      + zoom in to read street names   
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      Edinburgh 
      and Leith 
      
      
      
       with Links to Pictures 
              
                 
              
                
                 
              
                
              ©  | 
      
       
      1829  -  
      Shepherd 
      1850s -  Begbie 
      1950s -  Evening 
      News 
      2000s -  My 
      Photos  | 
    
    
      
      
		 
		
		
		
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		Calder  -  streets of pre-fab houses  | 
    
    
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       Fountainbridge 
         
		
       
		
		
		
		©  | 
      
       
		Showing the location of the 'XL Bar' 
		
		
		1940s  | 
    
    
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       Gilmerton 
      
       
                
      
      ©  | 
      
       
      Gilmerton House  (later, Gilmour 
      House):  
      
      
      1843-1893 County 
      Series 
      
      
      1891-1912 County Series 
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       Granton 
      
        
      
        
                
      © 
        
        
      
        
                
          
                ©  | 
      
       
      Granton Harbour:  1834 Plan    
      1937 
      
      Granton Harbour (aerial view): 
      
      
      early-1970s       
      early-1970s + key 
      
      Railway near the Harbour 
      
      early-1950s   
      
      1955 
      
      United Wire Works (aerial views): 
      
      Early        
      Later 
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       Lauriston 
      
              
                
      
                ©  | 
      
       
      Lauriston
      Castle  
      
      
      
      Notice Board  c.2000 
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      Leith 
      
         
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      1693  1804  1835  
      1840  1860  1870  1917  2001 
      
      SMALL:    
      1870   
      
      1915   
      
      1925 
      
      LARGE:    
      1870   
      
      1915 
         
      
      1925 
      
      1894 
      Old Sugarhouse Close 
      
      
      1919 chronological map 
      
      World 
      War II 
      
      - Air Raid Shelters  | 
    
    
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       Murrayfield 
         
      
       
                
                ©  | 
      
       
      Ravelston Dykes Road (re-alignment) 
      
      
      
      1826 
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      Newhaven 
      
        
      
        
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      1840   1860    
      1870   1917   2001 
      
      Newhaven (aerial view): 
      
      
      1978       
      1978 + key 
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      Newington 
   
 
                
                
                © 
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      Echo Bank, Newington:  1852  | 
    
    
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      Portobello 
         
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      1890   1917  | 
    
    
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      Tanfield 
      
         
      
  
      
        ©  | 
      
       
      
      
      Aerial View: 1937  | 
    
    
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      Trinity 
      
      Aerial Views  -  1947 
      
                
              
                
              
              ©  | 
      
       
          SMALL + KEY: 
      
      
      Trinity    
      
      NW Trinity    
      
      NE Trinity    
      Wardie 
      
          LARGE: 
      
      
      Trinity    
      
      NW Trinity    
      
      NE Trinity    
      
      Wardie 
          SMALL: 
      
      
      with sketch of Lochinvar Camp (c.1940) added  | 
    
    
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      The Wisp 
      
                
              
             
                
                
                
                
              ©  | 
      
       
       
      zoom-in:      
      
      1914    
      
      1932 
      
      zoom-out: 
        
      
      1932    
      
      1938 
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      Edinburgh Boundaries 
      
        
      
        
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      1920  | 
    
    
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       Edinburgh - Whole City 
      
      
  
©  | 
      
          SMALL: 
          
          
          1925 
          
          
          
          1925 
          
          (+ proposed 2010 tramline) 
          
          LARGE: 
          
          
          1925 
          
          
          1925 
          (very 
          large) 
          
          
          
          1925 
          
          (+ proposed 2010 tramline) 
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      Around Edinburgh  
      
      
       
      
                
      ©  | 
      
       
      1884 - Cramond to 
      Portobello 
      1884 - Queensferry 
      to Musselburgh 
      1884 - 
      Edinburghshire  | 
    
    
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       Dalmeny Estate 
      
  
      ©  | 
      
       
      
      1920  | 
    
    
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       Firth of 
      Forth 
      
                   
      
       
                ©  | 
      
       
      
      1950s map from a Valentine Postcard  | 
    
    
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      Outline 
      Maps 
      
      showing Edinburgh 
      
                   
                
                
                 
                
                
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      Scotland - Railways 
          
              
        ©  | 
      
       
      North of 
      Scotland 
      
      
      Central + South of Scotland  | 
    
    
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      Scotland 
         
              
               
       
              
        ©  | 
      
       
      
      1794    1806    
      1830 
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      Britain 
      and 
      Ireland 
         
              
               
       
              
        ©  | 
      
       
      
      1794    1830     
      1844    1877    1987    Outline 
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       Europe 
           
                
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      1813     
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      1834   
      2002   Outline    Continents    
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            ©  | 
      
       
      
      Recent 
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      Some 
      earlier Aerial Views  | 
    
    
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