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Old Mill, Nether Liberton
Unknown, 1928, Photograph, Postcard
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Old Mill, Nether Liberton
Old Mill, Nether Liberton
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Item no
9942
Title
Old Mill, Nether Liberton
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1928
Size
8.9 x 13.9 cm
Type
Photograph
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Postcard
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
In 1143, a charter given to the monks building the newly established Holyrood Abbey granted them the rights over the mills at Libbertun, giving an early record of this activity in the neighbourhood.Then, in 1329, King Robert the Bruce made a grant to the Abbey of the Blackfriars of 'six merks from the mill of Nether Liberton', giving further evidence of this important trade in the village. A Mediaeval Water-Mill
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ReDrawing Edinburgh: Edinburgh in 1920
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