Edinburgh, Dell Road, Colinton Parish Church and Colinton Manse Photographic copy of engraving showing Colinton Parish Church (St Cuthbert's) and Colinton Manse '100 years ago' Copied from 'Colinton O ...

Description Edinburgh, Dell Road, Colinton Parish Church and Colinton Manse Photographic copy of engraving showing Colinton Parish Church (St Cuthbert's) and Colinton Manse '100 years ago' Copied from 'Colinton Old and New'

Date 1926

Catalogue Number D 65274 P

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 551486

Scope and Content Early 19th-century engraving of Colinton, Edinburgh The old village of Colinton lies in the valley of the Water of Leith to the south-west of Edinburgh. The village grew up around the ancient church of Hailes, founded c.1095, and for centuries prospered as a milling settlement on the banks of the river. The parish church, built near the site of the ancient church, the manse and the mills formed the heart of the village, standing on a 'haugh' or 'the land in a corner formed by a river', surrounded by the wooded banks of the Water of Leith. In the early 19th century Colinton was an extremely noisy place in which to live, with the constant noise of the mills. The worst affected inhabitant was the minister, who had Kirkland Mill on one side of the manse and Hole Mill on the other. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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