Richmond Pend

Category

Library Item

Item no

16902

Title

Richmond Pend, Edinburgh

Description

A man in a flat cap walks past old houses close to Richmond Street in the St Leonard's area of Edinburgh. The walkway is edged by a stone wall and at either end is a stone arched section. The houses on the left have curving stone outside steps to the flats on upper levels.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1929

Size

5.6 x 8.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The 'South Side', whilst not precisely defined, usually refers to an area comprising St Leonards, South Clerk Street, Sciennes, Causewayside, Newington and the Grange. These areas expanded throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to migration from Edinburgh's overcrowded Old Town. Urbanisation of these areas was slower, and not so methodically planned as the formation of New Town to the north. The University of Edinburgh's main campus and the Royal Commonwealth Pool are both located in the South Side.

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