White Horse Bar, Canongate,Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

11836

Title

White Horse Bar, Canongate,Edinburgh

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

19.7 x 16.4 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

One of the city’s oldest pubs, the White Horse dates back to 1742 and is on the Canongate section of the Royal Mile, at the head of a close said to have been named after Mary Queen of Scots’ favourite horse.

The White Horse was the scene of the “Stoppit Stravaig” in 1639 when a group of Scottish noblemen gathered at the coaching inn before setting off to negotiate with King Charles I only to b confronted by a mob of angry townsfolk who prevented them from leaving.

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