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Page 113a -John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh
Smith, John, 1927,
Page 113a -John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh
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Page 113a from John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh
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South west side of Wrights Houses facing Bruntsfield Links. No 400 Page 118.
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Smith, John
Date
1927
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32 x 20 cm
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This is a page from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh' by John Smith.
This house once occupied the site of Gillespie's Hospital near Bruntsfield Links. It was an old baronial mansion belonging to the Napier family and started with a tower in the 12th century that was gradually added to. The origin of the name in unknown although some believe it relates to the wrights who lived there, who worked felling oaks on the Burghmuir.
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