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Laurie's Close - 42 Giles Street to 16 Yardheads
Unknown, 1870, Photograph
Laurie's Close - 42 Giles Street to 16 Yardheads
Laurie's Close - 42 Giles Street to 16 Yardheads
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36228
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Page from Leith Miscellany, volume II, Laurie's Close - 42 Giles Street to 16 Yardheads
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Unknown
Date
1870
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Photograph
Laurie's Close was one of a number of small closes demolished to make way for Henderson Street as part of the Leith Improvement Scheme. An Act of Parliament was passed allowing this in 1880 but construction of Henderson Street began in 1886 and was not completed until the 1890s.
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