The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original...
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Edinburgh: The New Town Church of Scotland serves Edinburgh's New Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, formed on 1 February...
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The Old Town (Scots: Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of...
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There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century. Some form of wall probably existed from the foundation of the royal...
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18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage...
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The New Club is a private social club in the New Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1787, it is Scotland's oldest club. The club occupied premises...
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destinations beyond Edinburgh. Waverley station is situated in a steep, narrow valley between the medieval Old Town and the 18th century New Town. Princes Street...
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Colchester, Essex New Town, Edinburgh, the centre of Edinburgh New Town, California, the former name of Nubieber, California New Town, California, the...
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New Edinburgh may refer to: Canada New Edinburgh, Ontario New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia New Zealand Dunedin, formerly known as New Edinburgh Panama New Edinburgh...
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of Scotland. The area known as the New Town was added from the second half of the 18th century onwards. Edinburgh was Scotland's largest city until Glasgow...
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Princes Street (redirect from Princes Street, Edinburgh)
thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around...
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Edinburgh, Scotland located at the east end of George Street. The construction of St Andrew Square began in 1772, as the first part of the New Town,...
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George Street is the central thoroughfare of the First New Town of Edinburgh, planned in the 18th century by James Craig. The street takes its name from...
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and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. James Craig's birth date is traditionally...
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Craigentinny. Although historically it was a town in its own right, it is officially a residential suburb of Edinburgh. The promenade fronts onto a wide sandy...
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situated at No. 7 Charlotte Square in the heart of the historic New Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National...
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Old Royal High School (redirect from New Parliament House, Edinburgh)
High School, also known as New Parliament House, is a 19th-century neoclassical building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh. The building was constructed...
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central-north of the City of Edinburgh. The constituency is a major tourist, financial and retail centre, covering Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, Princes Street,...
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full-time members of the academic staff. New College is situated on The Mound in the north of Edinburgh's Old Town. New College originally opened its doors...
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specialist nature of the Medical Society, and in 1737 a new, broader society, the Edinburgh Society for Improving Arts and Sciences and particularly...
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Princes Street Gardens (category New Town, Edinburgh)
Street Gardens originated after a dispute between Edinburgh Corporation (town council) and the early New Town proprietors, among whom was the philosopher David...
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buildings in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. The New Town is defined here...
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Calton Hill (redirect from Calton Hill, Edinburgh)
Chronological map of Edinburgh (1919) Carter McKee, Kirsten (2018). Calton Hill and the plans for Edinburgh's third New Town. Edinburgh, UK: John Donald....
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Queen Street is the northernmost east-west street in Edinburgh's First New Town. It begins in the east, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. It links...
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affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage...
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The new towns in the United Kingdom were planned under the powers of the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) and later acts to relocate people from...
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New Town Gardens are a collection of around 30 mostly private gardens and parks within the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Area spread across the New...
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The Assembly Rooms are meeting halls in central Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally solely a meeting place for social gatherings, it is now also used as an...
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Edinburgh Trams line and several bus services. York Place was developed as a dual sided street on the north-east edge of Edinburgh's First New Town....
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Royal Mile (redirect from Castlehill, Edinburgh)
thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century...
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