Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713414

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 52 2633 7375.

Shoemaker's Hall (AD. 1667) An old house four stories high in which the shoemakers used to hold their meetings. Over the entrance door is the shoemakers arms cut in stone and the figures 1667 inscribed. Situate on the north side of Canongate.

Name Book 1852.

Shoemakers Lands. Bought in 1677 by the Guild of Cordwainers of the Canongate.

J H Cockburn 1936.

Shoemakers' Land. The hall of the Incorporation of Cordiners was e rected in 1682. Reconstructed in 1725. Totally demolished in 1882...An L-shaped doubl e tenement called the "Bible Land" was built by this Incorporation in 1677. (187-197 Canongate)

RCAHMS 1951.

(NT 2633 7375) A plain unpretentious building now being renovated by the City Authorities.

Visited by OS (J D) 26 December 1953.

Still known as Shoemakers' Hall. Only the frontage is original.

Visited by OS 8 February 1953; Information from R F Landon, City Architect's office.

As described in previous information

Visited by OS (S F S) 2 December 1975.