Castle Hill, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2215

Title

Castle Hill, Edinburgh

Description

Tenement housing on Castlehill, Edinburgh. The Tolbooth Church is in the distance. The spire of the kirk rises above the other buildings. A woman with a white apron stands in a doorway next to steps leading off the cobblestone road.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1890

Size

16.1 x 20.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Gavin MacDougall, Director of Luath Press - "This photograph could have been taken yesterday, or 100 years ago" Gavin MacDougall.

Castlehill is the section of the Royal Mile running from Castle Esplanade to the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh.

The Tolbooth Church, otherwise known as Victoria Hall or St John's Highland Tolbooth Kirk, was built in 1842-44 as both a parish church and a meeting place for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The General Assembly ceased to use the building when they relocated to 'Assembly Hall' on the Mound in 1929. The Church's congregation left the building in 1979, amalgamating with the congregation of Greyfriars Kirk. The Church fell into disuse but was revived in 1999 as 'The Hub', an information centre, ticket office, and venue for the Edinburgh International Festival.

The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

(55°56′55″N, 3°11′46″W)

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