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Old Sciennes
Kinghorn, James, 1956, Photograph
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Old Sciennes
Old Sciennes
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7148
Title
Old Sciennes
Description
Dilapidated buildings stand on the corner of Causewayside and East Sciennes Street, Edinburgh. The building has shops on the bottom and houses above. A girl leans in the doorway of one of the shops. A factory type building can be seen in the background.
Artist / maker
Kinghorn, James
Date
1956
Size
15 x 20.2 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image shows Bertrams in the background.
Sciennes is an area in the south of Edinburgh adjacent to the Meadows. It takes its name from the Dominican convent established there in 1517 which was dedicated to Catherine of Siena. The convent was burned by English forces in 1544, and practically destroyed fourteen years later during the reformation. A few of the sisters stayed on for some years after this offering help to victims of the plague. Very little of the building survives today. Sciennes is famous as the location of the only recorded meeting between Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. They were guests of Adam Ferguson at Sciennes Hill House in the winter of 1786-7. The remains of this house, and a plaque commemorating the meeting of these prominent literary figures can be found in Sciennes House Place.
Bertrams Limited was a papermaking machinery engineers in Sciennes, Edinburgh. It was founded in 1821 by brothers George and William Bertram. Bertrams was very much a family orientated company, producing it's own Bertram Family Magazine which featured articles on their sports clubs, social activities and employee news.
The company closed in 1985 mainly as a result of foreign competition and recession in the paper industry.
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Bertram Limited, Sciennes
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