The Abandoned South Leith harbour line in Edinburgh + New LNER Azuma!!
This old line ran from Porterbello Yard to Leith South and gas remained abandoned since 2006
Hustings Edinburgh South 28 April Fairmilehead Parish Church
Packed hall for Edinburgh South.
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Old Photographs Of Joppa Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Joppa, on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, a suburb of Edinburgh. Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans. Practically nothing remains of the industrial buildings. In 1789 Christopher Girtanner is noted as having a salt manufactory at Joppa Pans. The station opened in 1859 by the North British Railway. The Joppa railway station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 7 September 1964. The station building remains, however the platforms have been removed. Joppa Parish Church, formerly St Philip's Church, is situated on the corner of Brunstane Road North. On 16 October 1939 the German Luftwaffe made a daylight air raid up the Forth to bomb British battleships, HMS Edinburgh, HMS Mohawk and HMS Southampton, at Rosyth across the Firth of Forth in Fife. This was the first daylight air raid on Britain. Houses in Morton Street, Joppa, were damaged as a result of the bombing. The German pilots shot down during the raid were buried, following a ceremony at St Philip's Church, in nearby Portobello Cemetery which lies on Milton Road East. They were the first enemy casualties of the Second World War to be buried on British soil.
The Leith Battalion
‘The Leith Battalion’ tells the tragic story of the worst rail crash in British history, and the local community it affected.
216 of the 228 killed in the disaster were part of ‘The Leith Battalion’ on the 22nd of May 1915 and as such this was one of the worst tragedies suffered by any community where the soldiers died before even entering the arena of war. It is told from the point of view military and local historians, as well as relatives of a selection of families involved in the disaster.
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Old Photographs Of Corstorphine Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Corstorphine, a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city, situated to the West some three miles from Princes Street. The main road, St John's Road, is the connecting route with Glasgow. The original old village of Corstorphine stood east of a narrow strip of land which was between Gogar Loch to the west and Corstorphine Loch which was the larger. John Linn was a British Royal Engineer. He was born in Corstorphine and joined the Army in 1846. Two years later he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he was stationed for 9 years. He later settled in British Columbia in 1859. He died on April 18, 1876 from a paralytic stroke. North Vancouver's Lynn Valley is named after him.Dower House in Corstorphine dates back to 1587 when it was in the ownership of James Ingles. It is also called Gibsone’s Lodge from its late 18th century occupants, the Gibsons of Pentland. The area was once served by a railway station which provided direct trains to Edinburgh Waverley. It closed on Saturday 30 December 1967. A cycle track now runs along the route of the former railway line.
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.
( Edinburgh - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Edinburgh . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Edinburgh - UK
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The Siege of Leith.wmv
The Siege of Leith ended the Auld Alliance with France and Papal authority in Scotland
Old Photographs Colinton Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Colinton, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cholgain, a suburb of Edinburgh. Colinton house was owned by Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsligo, born 5 April 1739, died 12 November 1806, who was a Scottish banker. He was known also as an improving landlord, philanthropist and writer. He was born in Edinburgh. His father Willam Forbes, heir to a Nova Scotia baronetcy, was an advocate. A friend of the family, Sir Francis Farquharson of Haughton, arranged with Messrs. Coutts, a prominent firm of bankers in Edinburgh, to admit Forbes as an apprentice, and he entered their service in 1754. It was run by the sons of John Coutts. The apprenticeship lasted four years, and then he was clerk in the counting house for two years more, at the end of which he was given a small share in the business as a partner. Forbes had become an authority on finance, and in 1783 he took part in preparing the revised Bankruptcy Act. William Pitt used to consult him, and adopted in 1790 some of his suggestions on the stamps on bills of exchange. In 1799 Pitt offered him an Irish peerage, which he declined. The 15th century Colinton Castle, in the grounds of what is now Merchiston Castle School, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during his invasion of Scotland. Following repair, the castle was subsequently partially demolished by the artist Alexander Nasmyth in order to create a picturesque ruin. Spylaw Park in Colinton was bought by the City of Edinburgh Council in 1911. Robert Louis Stevenson spent the summers of his childhood at the manse in Colinton when his grandfather was the village's Parish Minister; the philanthropist James Gillespie; and architects Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and John James Burnet, all lived in the village.
Great Britiain 2 Railtour Passing the Oyne Fork
A little further along the line towards Inverurie with the A96 in the background. The Great Britain 2 railtour is seen sprinting past the Oyne Fork on it's way to Aberdeen. Enjoy!!
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.
A brief history of Leith Lake
My fishing experience at my favorite lake. (besides lake st. claire)
The Royal visit to Leith.m4v
The visit of Britannia to the port of Leith on 19th August 1953.
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Edinburgh & East Lothian Wedding Photography
Weddings, shot by GWS Photography from around the country, including Dunglass Estate, Carberry Tower, Broxmouth Park, Melville Castle, Dalmahoy, Orocco Pier, Gilmerton House and more...
Queens for a Day - Memories of Leith Pageant and Gala Day
Investigating the historic origins of Gala Day, along with its strong local traditions, Queens for a Day, Pageants and Parades in Leith worked a broad range older and younger people to document the history and celebrate the memories of the Kings and Queens involved in this community wide celebration.
This film, created by project lead Ria Sloan, captures some of the oral history and photographic material collected through out the project.
Queens for a Day has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
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Old Photographs Of Blackhall Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Blackhall, a suburb in the north west of the Scottish capital city Edinburgh. The word Black in the placename could derive either from the Anglian blaec or Scots blac meaning simply black, and the hall ending is from the Anglian halh or Scots haugh meaning land beside or in the bend of a river. The the area was bog and wetland hundreds of years ago. One of the main arterial routes of the city goes through the area, which borders Drylaw, Davidson's Mains, and Craigcrook.John Horne, born 1 January 1848, died 30 May 1928, was a Scottish geologist. He served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1915 to 1919. He was the son of James Horne of Newmill and his wife Janet Braid. John was educated at the High School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. He joined the Scottish Branch of HM Geological Survey in 1867 as an assistant and became an apprentice to Ben Peach. The two soon became good friends and collaborators. Horne was involved in mapping the Central Lowlands. Horne was a logical thinker and writer, complementing Peach's skills of resolving the internal structure of mountains by looking at the surface rocks. After their work in the Highlands, Horne and Peach wrote Northwest Highlands Memoir in 1907. The work is regarded as one of the most important geological memoirs. Horne wrote most of the memoir himself. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1900 and was a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He also served as President of the Edinburgh Geological Society. In later life he lived at 12 Keith Crescent in Blackhall, Edinburgh. He died on 30 May 1928 in Edinburgh
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Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | In this program we explore the cultural heart of Scotland. After rambling through Edinburgh Castle, we experience Scottish literature and Scotch whisky, savor the new Scottish cuisine with a local friend, stow away on Her Majesty's yacht Britannia, and check out the new Scottish Parliament.
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West Midlands Hustings 2015 Part 3
West Midlands Wide Hustings on Foreign Policy
Edinburgh Princes Street October 2007
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and its main shopping street. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.
Only the east end of the street is open to all traffic. The bulk of the street is limited to trams, buses and taxis.