Salisbury Square

Category

Library Item

Item no

17191

Title

Salisbury Square

Description

Salisbury Crags loom high above Salisbury Square, Edinburgh. In the centre of the square a grassy park is surrounded by metal fencing. Mature trees line the edge and a circular flowerbed decorates the centre. Tenement buildings line the sides of the square and washing lines blowing in the wind can be seen at the end of the square.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

8.6 x 11.2cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Salisbury Square is also sometimes known as Brown Street Square.

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing.

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Furnishings > Equipment > Laundry

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Landscape > Land > Hills

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

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