Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject matches "Meadows" or its children
Back to search results
Royal Infirmary from Middle Meadow Walk
Cairncross, George, 1914, Photograph
Item
of 71
Royal Infirmary from Middle Meadow Walk
Royal Infirmary from Middle Meadow Walk
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
6086
Title
Royal Infirmary from Middle Meadow Walk
Description
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.
Artist / maker
Cairncross, George
Date
1914
Size
6.7 x 9.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh Royal infirmary moved to its Lauriston Place site in 1879 having been previously located at Robertson's Close and then Infirmary Street. It moved again in 2003 to a new site at Little France, and the Lauriston Place site is now the location for the Quartermile development.
The Meadows were created on the site of the Borough Loch after it was drained in the mid 17th century. Originally called Hope Park after its creator, Sir Thomas Hope, the park became popular for both recreation and the grazing of livestock. During the Second World War the Meadows were used for the cultivation of vegetables to feed Edinburgh's residents. Golf has been played on the adjacent Links since possibly as early as the 15th century, with a club formally established there in 1535.
Exhibitions with this item
EPS - George Square Survey
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Healthcare and welfare
>
Healthcare and welfare facilities
>
Hospitals
Places
>
Edinburgh Landmarks
>
Meadows
Places
>
Scotland
>
Edinburgh
Transport
>
Infrastructure
>
Trails and paths
More like this