Corner of the Cowgate and St Mary's Wynd

Category

Library Item

Item no

2369

Title

Corner of the Cowgate and St Mary's Wynd

Description

On the street corner of Cowgate and St Mary's Wynd in Edinburgh stand a group of people and a horse-drawn cart filled with furniture. Shops are along the road. The dome of St Patrick's church can be seen.

Artist / maker

Tunny, James Good

Date

1854

Size

19.9 x 25.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

J. G. Tunny, Member of the Photographic Society of Scotland. This work exhibited in the first annual exhibition, 1856, Edinburgh.

The Cowgate runs from its junction with St Mary's Street (formerly St Mary's Wynd) and the Pleasance to the Grassmarket. Cattle were driven along this route when entering Edinburgh from grazing land outside the city. The Cowgate Port was a gateway through the Flodden Wall situated at the street's east end.

St Patrick's Church, Edinburgh, was built in 1774. It was originally called the Cowgate Chapel and housed a Scottish Episcopalian congregation. It was sold to the Catholic Church in 1856 and renamed St Patrick's.

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Related subjects

Business > Service industry > Shops

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

(55°56′57″N, 3°10′59″W)

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