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Photographic copy of an engraved view. Titled: 'Stockbridge and St Bernard's' Insc: 'Robertson'
SC 548558
Description Photographic copy of an engraved view. Titled: 'Stockbridge and St Bernard's' Insc: 'Robertson'
Catalogue Number SC 548558
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 740/1 P
Scope and Content The Stock Bridge, Stockbridge, Edinburgh Stockbridge, Edinburgh's New Town village, straddles the Water of Leith to the north of the city between the older communities of Dean and Canonmills. The pre-1813 village of riverside cottages, mills and villas was quite transformed by later development. In 1786 the Stock Bridge, a single arched bridge, was built across the river to allow access from the New Town to the north. On the left bank beyond the bridge, is St Bernard's Well, built in 1788 over a mineral spring thought to have healing properties. Stockbridge comes from 'stock brig' (Scots), meaning a timber bridge or footbridge. Thus the 18th-century arrangement, whereby there was a ford for carriages and a wooden footbridge for pedestrians some distance upstream, is possibly medieval in origin. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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