From the category archives:

History

The second 100 pages – Magnus Magnusson’s Scotland, The Story of a Nation

11 July 2010

Well, certainly failing in the target for reading, but things like the Moonwalk and other pleasures have been getting in the way. I’ve brought the weighty tome along with me on holiday and have been undertaking to get back on track with my reading. You may have gathered by now that I’m no great shakes [...]

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Events of 1822

12 October 2007

As the Craigwell Brewery was being built, the foundation stones for the National Monument were being laid. – More on this. Source: Old and New Edinburgh: http://www.oldandnewedinburgh.co.uk – chapter on the Calton Hill.

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More Historic Maps re history of Nether Craigwell

11 October 2007

I’ve found a link to a photograph of a representation of Edinburgh in 1460, in which you can clearly see the river running through the Waverley Valley – which later becomes Calton Road. The link to Edinburgh Photography website is: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_MAP/1_map_edinburgh_1460.htm#map

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