Places to see in ( Edinburgh - UK ) Calton Hill
Places to see in ( Edinburgh - UK ) Calton Hill
Calton Hill ( the Calton Hill ), is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the Calton Hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other notable buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. The hill is also the location of several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.
By his charter of 1456, James II granted the community of Edinburgh the valley and the low ground between Calton Hill and Greenside for performing tournaments, sports and other warlike deeds. The village of Calton was situated at the bottom of the ravine at the western end of Calton Hill (hence its earlier name of Craigend), on the road from Leith Wynd in Edinburgh and North Back of Canongate to Leith Walk and also to Broughton and thence the Western Road to Leith. In the village, the street was variously known as St. Ninian's Row or Low Calton. Many of the old buildings here were demolished at the time of the Waterloo Place and Regent Bridge development, which bridged the ravine, from 1816. The remaining old village houses of the Low Calton were removed in the 1970s.
Calton was in South Leith Parish and Calton people went to church in Leith. The churchyard there was inconveniently situated for burials from Calton and, in 1718, the Society bought a half acre of land at a cost of £1013 from Lord Balmerino for use as a burial ground. This became known as Old Calton Burial Ground. Permission was granted for an access road, originally known as High Calton and now the street called Calton Hill, up the steep hill from the village to the burial ground. The group of 1760s houses near the top of this street are all that remain of the old village.
Calton Hill is the venue for a number of events throughout the year. The largest of these is the Beltane Fire Festival held on 30 April each year, attended by over 12,000 people. The Dussehra Hindu Festival also takes place on Calton Hill near the beginning of October each year.
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Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Northwestern view)
Calton Hill (/ˈkɔːltən/) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill. The Scottish Parliament Building and other notable buildings such as Holyrood Palace lie near the foot of the hill. Calton Hill is also the location of several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.
In 1456, James II granted land to Edinburgh by charter wherein Calton Hill is referred to as Cragingalt, the name by which it appears on the 1560 Petworth map of the Siege of Leith (rendered as Cragge Ingalt). The name may have derived from Old Welsh or Old English meaning the place of the groves.[5]
The records of South Leith Parish Church name Caldtoun as one of the quarters of the parish in 1591,[6] though the village and area are otherwise generally referred to as Craigend, signifying the main land form (crags) at the western end of the feudal barony of Restalrig, as opposed to the distinguishing feature at its eastern end, a loch, hence the name Lochend. The name Caldtoun (sometimes anglicised as Cold town) remained general until about 1700; the names Calton and Caltonhill first appearing when Wester Restalrig was sold to Edinburgh in 1725. The Armstrongs' map of the Three Lothians (1773) still uses the name Caldtoun and Ainslie's maps of Edinburgh record a change in spelling from Caltoun to Calton between 1780 and 1804.
There was possibly a prehistoric hillfort on Calton Hill and an area used for quarrying (the Quarry Holes at the eastern end). By his charter of 1456, James II granted the community of Edinburgh the valley and the low ground between Calton Hill and Greenside for performing tournaments, sports and other warlike deeds. This was part of his policy of military preparedness that saw the Act of 1457 banning golf and football and ordering archery practice every Sunday. This natural amphitheatre was also used for open-air theatre and saw performances of the early Scots play Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis by Sir David Lyndsay. In May 1518 the Carmelite Friars (also known as White Friars and locally based at South Queensferry), were granted lands by charter from the city at Greenside and built a small monastery there.
Monasteries were abandoned following the Scottish Reformation of 1560, and the Calton Hill monastery therefore stood empty before conversion in 1591 into a hospital for lepers, founded by John Robertson, a city merchant. So severe were the regulations that escape, or even the opening of the gate of the hospital between sunset and sunrise, would incur the penalty of death carried out on the gallows erected at the gate. The monastery would appear to have been located at the north-east end of Greenside Row and its site is shown there on the 1931 Ordnance Survey maps. Ten skeletons found in July 2009 during roadworks to create a new tramway in Leith Walk (later cancelled but currently undergoing public consultation) are believed to have been connected with the hospital.
Washerwomen on Calton Hill (1825)
The Calton area was owned by the Logan family of Restalrig but their lands were forfeited in 1609 following the posthumous sentence of treason on Robert Logan. The lands of Restalrig and Calton, otherwise known as Easter and Wester Restalrig, passed to the Elphinstone family. Sir James Elphinstone was made Lord Balmerino in 1604 and in 1673 the lands of Restalrig and Calton were erected into a single barony. In 1725, the western side of Calton Hill was disjoined and sold to the royal burgh of Edinburgh. The eastern end was owned by the charitable institution of Heriot's Trust. Calton remained a burgh of barony (although it was not administered as such) until it was formally incorporated into Edinburgh by the Municipality Extension Act of 1856.
In 1631, the then Lord Balmerino granted a charter to The Society of the Incorporated Trades of Calton forming a society or corporation. This also gave the Society the exclusive right to trade within Calton and the right to tax others who wished to do so. Normally the trades of burghs were separately incorporated, for example in the Canongate there were eight incorporations, but the Incorporated Trades of Calton allowed any tradesman to become a member providing they were healthy and their work was of an acceptable standard. This lack of restrictive practices allowed a thriving trade to develop.
Wouldn't Take Nothin'
Recorded live @ Greenside Parish Church, Edinburgh.
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Carmunnock, Scotland
Clip shows centre of historic conservation village including 18th c Parish Church, 18th c tenements and weavers' cottages, a 17th c house and 19th c decommissioned Free Church. This site goes back to medieval times and probably much earlier.
‘Queer Words’ - Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Aug 13-18, 20-25
'Queer Words' at Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Greenside @ Infirmary Street - Forest Theatre (236)
13-18 & 20-25 August @4:15pm (45 min)
Stand-up comedy and poetry meets dance theatre in an outspoken slice of pride, hope, activism, and courage.
At an open mic poetry night toxic ideals and the crisis of masculinity are exposed on and off stage as the performers line up to take their place. With an all-LGBTQ cast featuring a poet and 2 dancers, Queer Words is a bold, provocative multi-disciplinary performance combining comedy, spoken word, dance and physical theatre.
Choreographer and Creative Director Johnny Autin has imagined a brutally honest, darkly funny and at times controversial show for the three exceptional performers.
Queer Words tackles a culture of violence and insecurities with sketches looking at personal stories around the male perspective, feminism, gender inequalities, and homophobia.
Queer Words is an epic and vibrant 45 minute outspoken slice of pride, hope, activism, and courage.
Making its Fringe debut, Autin Dance Theatre is a Birmingham-based professional dance theatre company founded in 2013. Led by Creative Director Johnny Autin, the company draws on contemporary social issues and events to create work that is beautifully crafted, accessible and relevant. It is building a reputation for creating powerful and spellbinding performances, catapulting audiences into intense dance-worlds which resonate long after leaving the auditorium.
Autin Dance Theatre presents 'Queer Words' with the support of Dance Hub Birmingham (Artistic Commission Programme), Arts Council England, and Midlands Arts Centre- MAC.
AutinDT is an innovative and interdisciplinary touring dance company based in Birmingham (UK), established since 2013 under the helm of director/choreographer Johnny Autin and Producer Kirsten Tranter. The Company is a collaborative and project-based organisation that produces engaging and aspirational artistic performances, and provides an extensive learning and education programme.
“Highly captivating!”
“Thought-provoking with moments of real raw beauty” - Audience members on Queer Words previews
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Johnny Autin graduated from the National Conservatoire of Music and Dance of Poitiers (France), and has since worked with some incredibly inspiring choreographers in a range of styles, from contemporary and street dance to flamenco. He
has performed internationally collaborating with choreographers and companies in France, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as touring across Europe and South America.
Queer Words was commissioned by Dance Hub Birmingham, and supported by Arts Council England and Midlands Arts Centre - MAC.
Join us in for this queer dance comedy and poetry extravaganza!
Tickets info:
Box office: 0131 557 2124
Performers: Bethany Slinn- Poet, Joshua Rhys Toft-Wild & Oliver Sale
Music: Richard Shrewsbury
Film & Concept: Parallax Visuals & Nucis Designs
Press Contact:
Steve Forster @ sfp communications
Tel: 01603 661459 | 07939 221192
Email: steve@sfppr.co.uk
fife road trip part 2
Strathmiglo (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Mioglach) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NO214101) is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland on the River Eden. It lies on the old A91 road from Milnathort to Cupar and St. Andrews but was bypassed by a new road to the north in the 1970s. The population is around 1000. Nearby settlements include Auchtermuchty and Falkland.
The civil parish has a population of 1,274 (in 2011).[1]
Strathmiglo is sometimes thought to have belonged to the Mormaers of Fife in early times. Before 1350 it had become the centre of the shire of Strathmigloshire. It became a burgh of barony in the 16th century, by which time it belonged to the Scotts of Balwearie. Prior to the Reformation it was the site of a Collegiate church. The village has several houses dating from the early 18th century.
The economic life of the burgh in early times was linked to nearby Falkland Palace. In the 18th and 19th centuries the textile industry was important, as was boot-making in the 20th. The tollbooth of 1734 is a prominent landmark and there is a Pictish stone by the cemetery. The latter probably dates from the 9th century and shows a pair of legs (with toes) and stomach above. The upper torso and head are missing as the upper part of the stone is broken and missing. The explanatory plaque inexplicably and impossibly describes it as a carving of a tuning fork.
Calton Hill
Calton Hill, is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other notable buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. The hill is also the location of several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.
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