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Edinburgh, New Town, Northern New Town. Aerial view of Drummond Place.
A 22430
Description Edinburgh, New Town, Northern New Town. Aerial view of Drummond Place.
Date 1984
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number A 22430
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 512085, SC 1678069
Scope and Content Aerial view of Drummond Place, Edinburgh Drummond Place, a U-shaped tree-filled square at the east end of Great King Street, was named after the 18th-century Lord Provost of Edinburgh, George Drummond. Built 1806-23, it forms one of the two great balancing squares of the northern New Town. The square was built as a series of symmetrical blocks, designed by Robert Reid with later revisions by Thomas Bonnar, around U-shaped central gardens. It leads into Great King Street (top), the grand central thoroughfare of the northern New Town. George Drummond (1687-1766), six times Lord Provost of Edinburgh, was first elected in 1725 when he did much to establish the new Royal Infirmary. In 1752 he proposed a scheme for city improvement, which culminated in the building of the first New Town. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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