Causewayside and the Grange Toll

Category

Library Item

Item no

2370

Title

Causewayside and the Grange Toll

Description

Men talk in the middle of the road of Causewayside near the Grange Toll in Edinburgh. Women sit outside houses with tiled roofs. Wheels are stored below stairs leading to doorsways. Street lamps are along both pavements.

Artist / maker

Tunny, James Good

Date

1854

Size

19.9 x 25.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation on page reads: "Causewayside and the Grange Toll. Looking south from a point at the east end of Grange Law. The toll stood at the south end of Causewayside at the corner of Mayfield Loan, (now W. Mayfield) It was removed further south to Powburn in 1855 or 1856"

For view north see Item Number 2370

Causewayside, or Causeyside, formed part of an ancient approach to Edinburgh from the south. It now refers to a section of road from West Preston Street, close to the Meadows, to Duncan Street.

The Grange is an area in the south of Edinburgh. It lies to the south of Grange Road and to the west of Ratcliffe Terrace. The area served, from the mid 12th century, as agricultural land associated with St Giles Kirk. It was bought in 1631 by William Dick. The area was substantially developed in the mid to late 19th century. Many of the streets built at this time carry names associated with the Dick Lauder family.

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

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Homes > Residential buildings > Cottages

Places > Edinburgh areas > Grange

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newington

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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