Braid Road, Greenbank Curling Pond. General view. Caption: 'Greenbank Curling Pond 1899'
SC 565125
Description Braid Road, Greenbank Curling Pond. General view. Caption: 'Greenbank Curling Pond 1899'
Date c. 1899
Catalogue Number SC 565125
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 15634
Scope and Content The Greenbank Curling Pond, Braid Road, Morningside, Edinburgh The Braid estate, one of the large estates that surrounded the old village of Morningside, was a rural area of open fields and countryside that stretched south from the Jordan Burn, the southern boundary of the city of Edinburgh. The curling pond, now the site of the Mortonhall Tennis Club, stood behind a low wall close to the bridge over the Braid Burn, and opposite the entrance to the Hermitage of Braid, the old mansion house of the Braid estate, in Braid Road. In the 19th century curling was a popular winter activity on local ponds, and had an enthusiastic following. Curling matches were held regularly at Greenbank, and Blackford Pond was the home of the thriving Waverley Curling Club, established in 1848. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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