Page 114 - John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

18318

Title

Page 114 from John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh

Description

Excerpt from page "Watergate 1774 - The area at the Watergate, where formally was his Majesty's horse pond, being now filled up, the same is to be let at the said area to the best bidder for the space of 10 years". Edinburgh Evening Courant Oct 19 1774.

Artist / maker

Smith, John

Date

1927

Size

32 x 20 cm

Location

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.

The Watergate was an arched gateway into the Canongate. Standing immediately to the north of Abbey Strand in front of Holyroodhouse it was the principle entrance to the Canongate from the east. It was not a fortified gate, but provided a degree of security and was used for the collection of customs. Its name stems either from the Tummel Burn which crossed the road at this point, or from a large pond nearby used for watering horses. The gate was blown down in the 1820s, and the replacement did not survive beyond the mid 1900s.

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