Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: View from the Rear

Category

Library Item

Item no

21472

Title

Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: view from the rear

Description

Scaffolding surrounds the wall of a tenement building in the Canongate area of Edinburgh. The backyard of the tenement properties is bordered by a high wall and a metal fence. The yard is being used to store building materials and equipment.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1955

Size

19.4 x 24.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The east section of Shoemakers' Lands was known as Bible Land because of the stone carving of a bible above the entrance. Find out more about Bible Land at the Canmore website.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing equipment > Scaffolding

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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