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Illustrated Victorian map of Midlothian
Holyroodhouse Palace, Midlothian
Holyroodhouse Palace maps
Historic maps of Holyroodhouse Palace and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Holyroodhouse Palace maps
Holyroodhouse Palace photos
We have no photos of Holyroodhouse Palace, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Edinburgh, Newhaven, Hermiston, Musselburgh, Hawthornden, InchcolmHolyroodhouse Palace books
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Edinburgh Photographic Memories
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Memories of Holyroodhouse Palace
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Midlothian memories
My great-great-grandmother and grandfather lived in Princess Street. He was a dentist, his name was Alexander Spalding Watson and his wife was Sarah Watson, they later moved to London to St Martin's in the Field, by Trafalgar Square. These photo are great as we can see how and where they lived.
Shared on 08 August 2009
Great-great-grandfather lived here
My great-great-grandfather lived here at Shoemakers Close, and my great-grandfather David Hay with his mother, Helen Millie. My great-grandfather was a shoemaker, as was his son John Millie. My great-grandfather died June 19th 1863, he was ageed 70 years, a good age at that time. My husband, who was born in 1932, was born just across the road from the Canongate... [more]
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St James Church, Leith, Edinburgh EH6
I now live in Houston, Texas, USA. My birth certificate has a written record of my being baptized in St James Church in Leith, but I cannot find any record of the church, which was near Gt Junction Street, Leith. Thanks. Morty Grant, born in Lapicide Place, Leith.
Shared on 01 June 2008
Extracts From Holyroodhouse Palace & Midlothian books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Holyroodhouse Palace, inspired by Frith photos.
Edinburgh Photographic Memories
The chapel is famed for its pillar of entwined ribbands. The story is that the chief stonemason went to Italy to study a similar pillar. While he was away, his apprentice worked out how to construct the pillar after having a dream and built it. On his return, the mason was so jealous of his apprentice's work that he struck the... [more]
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Edinburgh Photographic Memories
The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder. It was at Mid Calder in 1556 that John Knox first administered Communion according to Protestant rites.
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Edinburgh Photographic Memories
The precinct is typical of a style that dominated redevelopment and new town schemes of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examples can be seen throughout the UK, many of them now looking the worse for wear.
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