View across Dean Village

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11423

Title

View across Dean Village to Dean Bridge and Holy Trinity Church

Description

A view into Dean Village shows cottages, mills and buildings along with the distant Holy Trinity Church and the houses beside it.There are two bridges over the Water of Leith, which flows through the village, one of these bridges is the Dean Bridge which is close to the church.

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1887

Size

8.3 x 17.1 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

Dean Village is a riverside community in the west of Edinburgh, roughly half a mile from the West End of Princes Street. It has a long history as a grain milling hamlet stretching back at least as far as the early 12th century. The increasing strength of the Leith flour mills in the 19th century led to a period of economic decline in the village, but it is now an affluent and desirable place to live. Despite its close proximity to the centre of Edinburgh, Dean Village retains a quiet atmosphere in keeping with its rural heritage.

Holy Trinity Church stands at the north end of the Dean Bridge in Edinburgh, overlooking Dean Village. The church was designed by John Henderson and built in 1837-38. The church served for a time as an electricity substation but now is once more used for religious worship.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Cottages

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Mills

Places > Edinburgh areas > Dean

Places > Edinburgh areas > Water of Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

Transport > Infrastructure > Stone bridges

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