Morningside Library, Morningside Road, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

32092

Title

Morningside Library, Morningside Road, Edinburgh

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2014

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Morningside was once a village on a main road south from Edinburgh. In the 1850s it was no more than a row of thatched houses and a blacksmith's forge and beyond the Jordan Burn was open countryside. Nowadays it is predominantly residential with a collection of small traditional shops, restaurants, supermarkets, a library and hospitals.

"Morningside Library, opened in 1904, stands on the site of Denholm's Smiddy, which was the heart of the 19th century Morningside village".
[Information taken from Morningside Heritage Association leaflet, "Morningside Heritage Trail".]

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