View Down the High Street from St Giles Cathedral

Category

Library Item

Item no

2425

Title

View down the High Street from St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Description

The High Street with a view of the Tron Kirk. People walk along the pavements. On the cobblestone street is a horse-drawn carriage.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1908

Size

15.6 x 21 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The High Street is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile that runs from George IV Bridge down to its junction with Jeffrey Street and St. Mary's Street.

The Tron Kirk was completed in 1647. It was designed by John Mylne. It takes its name from the public weighing machine that stood in a nearby street in the 17th century. The Church lost its tower in the Great Fire of 1824. It was replaced by a taller spire in 1828.Visitors to the Kirk can now view the remains of a 16th century street discovered below the building in 1974. Since 1952 the building has been owned by City of Edinburgh Council and is currently used as a visitor centre.

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Spires

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

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