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Edinburgh, New Town, Northern New Town. Aerial view of Drummond Place.
SC 1678069
Description Edinburgh, New Town, Northern New Town. Aerial view of Drummond Place.
Date 1984
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1678069
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 22430
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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