Knife-grinder's Cart, Bruntsfield

Category

Library Item

Item no

937

Title

Knife-grinder's cart, Bruntsfield

Description

A knife-grinder with his horse and cart in front of the Bruntsfield Links. Three cars can be seen on the road and two women are walking by.

Artist / maker

Jackman, S. G.

Date

1946

Size

15 x 21 cm.

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Bruntsfield is a residential district in the south of Edinburgh. Its name, somewhat corrupted over time, derives from the estates 14th century owners, the Broune family. The original estate actually lay immediately to the east of modern day Bruntsfield in the area now referred to as Marchmont. Bruntsfield House was incorporated into the grounds of James Gillespie's High School in the 1960's.

Bruntsfield links form a south westerly continuation of the Meadows. Golf has been played there since possibly as early as the fifteenth century, with a club formally established in 1535.

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People > Commercial activities > Street traders

Places > Edinburgh areas > Bruntsfield

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Transport > Land > Cars

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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