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From old Episcopal Chapel, demolished before 1884, o.& n.e. Irons, ii. b. Built 1590w.o.l. 211. D. 1800, 70. D. 1827. Chapel’s Wynd South Leith. Lees quarter, m.t.c. 24/6/1812. S. S. L. Map, J.R.S.L. 391.
Archive for May, 2010
Chapel Lane
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Ancient Warehouse (Now flats)
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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Site of Dry Dock and a ancient Warehouse (Now flats)
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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The outline of a Victorian Warehouse
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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A Victory soaked in blood: No monument will ever come close to capturing the utter carnage of the Navy’s finest hour
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Blasted from the French guns at the speed of sound, the 32lb cannonballs could punch their way through the solid oak hulls of the English warships. But, during the opening, blood-spattered salvoes of the Battle of Trafalgar, many found much softer targets in the form of human flesh. for more click here
Wall Painting of the Tea Dealers
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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(c) John Arthur
Broad Wynd
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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Descriptive, p.w. 1780/81, 105, Irons 1. 57.60. Kirkwood Prot 19/12/1699.
Memorial to John Home
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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(c) John Arthur
He was born at Leith, near Edinburgh, where his father, Alexander Home, a distant relation of the earls of Home, was town clerk. John was educated at the Leith Grammar School, and at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated MA, in 1742. Though interested in being a soldier, he studied divinity, and was licensed by the presbytery of Edinburgh in 1745. In the same year he joined as a volunteer against Bonnie Prince Charlie, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Falkirk (1746). With many others he was carried to Doune castle in Perthshire, but soon escaped. for more click here
