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Leith Walk shop - Co-op
Unknown, 1948, Photograph
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Leith Walk shop - Co-op
Leith Walk shop - Co-op
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38073
Title
Leith Walk shop - Leith Provident Co-operative Society
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Unknown
Date
1948
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16.2 x 21.5 cm
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Photograph
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Leith Walk in Edinburgh is a notably wide street running from the west side of Calton Hill down to Great Junction Street in Leith. It follows the line of a raised pedestrian walkway which ran along the top of an earthen rampart constructed to defend the city against Cromwell's army in 1650. In 1776 this walkway and the road immediately to its west were combined as a single, modern road. This road, along with North Bridge and Leith Street, provided greatly improved access to Leith from Edinburgh.
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Leith Miscellany Vol IX
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