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Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
Unknown, 1917, Photograph
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Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
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10008
Title
Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1917
Size
10.3 x 7.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
According to The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845), Liberton was one of the most important agricultural parishes in Scotland. The cultivated land was divided into thirty-four farms varying in size from 40 to 268 acres. One of these farms was Tower Mains Farm.
At the time when this photograph was taken the farm belonged to a Brigadier General Robert Gordon but had been farmed by the Monteith Family for at least 2 generations. In 1917 the farmer was Bryden Monteith who together with his wife Margaret lived at Tower Mains. Bryden Monteith was born in 1861 at Tower Mains when his father also named Bryden was the occupier.
Tower Mains is now a mixture of residential and commercial premises.
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