New Lane, Newhaven

Category

Library Item

Item no

14872

Title

New Lane, Newhaven

Description

Fishermen and women gather on the corner of New Lane, Newhaven in Edinburgh. The women are wearing full skirts and shawls and the men all have hats on. The houses have external staircases and the street is littered with barrels. A streetlight stands on the corner of the street.

Artist / maker

McKean, John

Date

1880

Size

16.5 x 21.5 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Newhaven was founded by James IV in 1504 as a royal dockyard. It became an important fishing village, famous initially for oysters and later herring. An indoor fish market was built there in 1896. Newhaven fishwives, with their distinctive striped clothes, sold their goods around Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson famously photographed these fishwives and other Newhaven residents in the 1840's. The area now has a population of roughly five thousand.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fisherwomen

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Streets

(55°58′48″N, 3°11′26″W)