Potter Row

Category

Library Item

Item no

33691

Title

Potter Row

Artist / maker

Wilson, D.

Date

1848

Size

12.5 x 17.0 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Potterrow derives its name from its industrial heritage, there having been a large number of pottery workshops in this area. It originally formed part of an important southern approach to the city of Edinburgh which continued along Horses Wynd and Borthwick Close to the High Street. The nearby gateway through the City Walls, originally called Kirk o'Field Port, came to be known as Potterrow Port. The street was drastically remodelled in the 1960's, and the pedestrian underpass created took on the name Potterrow Port. The nearby modern Student Union is called Potterrow.

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