Potterrow, looking north

Category

Library Item

Item no

6004

Title

Potterrow, looking north

Description

This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

Hamilton, J. R.

Date

1914

Size

11.4 x 8.9 cm

Type

Photograph

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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