View Looking Through Dean Village

Category

Library Item

Item no

14409

Title

View looking through Dean Village towards West Register House, Edinburgh

Description

View of old stone buildings in Dean Village, Edinburgh. Beyond them is the dome of West Register House in Charlotte Square and tall tenements of the New Town.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2008

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Dean

Places > Edinburgh areas > New Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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