Waverley Market - South Front - Capital Collections

Category

Library Item

Item no

2160

Title

Waverley Market - south front

Description

A group of boys stand at the front entrance to Waverley Market in Edinburgh. Some of the boys are barefoot; others lean against a metal railing fence. At the market entrance is a horse-drawn cart and baskets and boxes of vegetables.

Artist / maker

Morham, George

Date

1885

Size

13.2 x 10.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Waverley Market, designed by Robert Morham, was built in 1872 to house Edinburgh's fruit and vegetable market. However, due to other uses of the Waverley Market the sale of fruit and vegetables returned to Market Street. This indoor market was lit by huge skylights among the formal gardens on the roof. It was demolished in 1974 and replaced by Waverley shopping centre, later called Princes Mall.

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Business > Service industry > Markets

People > Children > Boys

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′9″N, 3°11′27″W)

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