Edinburgh, Dean Village, General
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Dean Village, General
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119794
Site Number NT27SW 674
NGR NT 2402 7388
NGR Description Centred NT 2402 7388
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 533139
General view from south showing Dean Path Buildings, Well Court and Damside
© Courtesy of HES (City of Edinburgh Council Architectural Drawings and Photographs)
SC 533143
General view of Dean Village from Dean Bridge with West Mill in foreground
Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland)
SC 840988
Floor plans of blocks A, B, C and D at Dean Path site. Scanned image of E 35731.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1961
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841590
Scanned image of IGL W399/6/4.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841593
Scanned image of IGL W399/7/1.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1958
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 060371
View of Village from Bridge to East
Papers of Alexander Archer, artist, Edinburgh, Scotland
5/1838
© Courtesy of HES (Alexander Archer Collection)
DP 215837
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Path, Dean Bridge, Rothesay Terrace, Belgrave Terrace and Holy Trinity Espicopal Church, looking WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 215838
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Bridge and Drumsheugh Baths, looking W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1677018
General aerial view of west part of Edinburgh including Dean Village
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 756143
View of West Mill and Water of Leith Bridge etc, from east, inscr; 'Mills Water of Leith, drawn from Nature'
Papers of Alexander Archer, artist, Edinburgh, Scotland
5/1837
© Courtesy of HES (Alexander Archer Collection)
SC 840900
Scanned image of IGL W399/3/12.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841585
Site plan showing ground levels. Scanned image of E 42736.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841589
Scanned image of IGL W399/6/3.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001052
Ordnance survey map.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001062
Survey plans, sections and elevations for house number 8.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001064
Survey plans, section and elevations of number 10.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001080
Elevations for scheme at Hawthornbank.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001081
Sections and elevations of blocks C, D and E at Hawthornbank.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 1368467
Dean Village Development. Photographic copy of site plan.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1958
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 679075
View of street scene in Dean Village, Edinburgh with children and lamp post NMRS Survey of Private Collections Digital Image only
Tom and Sybil Gray
25/9/1947
© Courtesy of HES (Tom and Sybil Gray Collection)
SC 679095
View of street in Dean Village with Dean Bridge in the background NMRS Survey of Private Collection Digital Image only
Tom and Sybil Gray
6/11/1947
© Courtesy of HES (Tom and Sybil Gray Collection)
SC 841580
Scanned image of redevelopment scheme for Dean Village, Edinburh IGL W399/2/7
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841587
Dean Village Development. Sections. Scanned image of E 42709.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001053
Site plan.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001060
Survey plans, sections and elevations for numbers 14 and 16.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001063
Survey plans, section and elevations of number 10.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001079
Plans, sections and elevations for number 10.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 215826
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside and Drumsheugh Baths, looking ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 215832
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Path, Rothesay Terrace, Drumsheugh Baths and Belgrave Crescent, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 215833
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Path, Dean Bridge, Rothesay Terrace and Drumsheugh Baths, looking NNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1677017
General aerial view showing Dean Village
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1677019
General aerial view of north west part of Edinburgh
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 840902
Dean Village Development. Survey plan of Hawthornbank site. Scanned image of E 35692.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1960
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841576
17 Bell's Brae and Old Dean Bridge. Scanned image of IGL W399/1/5.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1943
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841582
Site plan. Scanned image of E 42746 CN.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1958
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 060372
Houses in village now demolished
Papers of Alexander Archer, artist, Edinburgh, Scotland
5/1838
© Courtesy of HES (Alexander Archer Collection)
SC 533144
View looking towards Water of Leith Bridge, Holy Trinity Church with Dean School and 12 Hawthornbank Lane and 13 Bell's Brae
Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
6/1957
© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish National Buildings Record)
SC 533148
View from Water of Leith showing West Mill and Lindsay's Mill (demolished 1931)
Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh,
c. 1900
© Courtesy of HES (Francis M Chrystal Collection)
SC 679081
View of the Water of Leith in Dean Village showing Dean Brig and Holy Trinity Church NMRS Survey of Private Collections Digital Image only
Tom and Sybil Gray
25/9/1947
© Courtesy of HES (Tom and Sybil Gray Collection)
SC 841581
Site plan. Scanned image of E 42754 CN.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001055
Ordnance survey map.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001056
Survey elevation and sections.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001058
Survey plans.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001059
Survey plan.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 215836
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Path, Dean Bridge, Rothesay Terrace, Belgrave Terrace, Holy Trinity Espicopal Church and Drumsheugh Baths, looking NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 533170
General view of Dean showing West Mill, Dean School, Old Tolbooth, 17 Bell's Brae and Water of Leith General
Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland)
SC 679077
View of street in Dean Village with children and lamp post NMRS Survey of Private Collections Digital Image only
Tom and Sybil Gray
25/9/1947
© Courtesy of HES (Tom and Sybil Gray Collection)
SC 679099
View of a street in the Dean Village
Tom and Sybil Gray
6/11/1947
© Courtesy of HES (Tom and Sybil Gray Collection)
![Scanned image of IGL W399/6/7 [negative number to be supplied].](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00841591.jpg)
SC 841591
Scanned image of IGL W399/6/7 [negative number to be supplied].
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 944660
Ordnance Survey Map of Edinburgh.Coloured 1st edition ' Edinburgh and its Environs' Sheet 28. Includes Charlotte Square, Moray Place, Ainslie Place and Dean Bridge.
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
31/1/1853
DP 001054
Ordnance survey map.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 215824
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Dean Path, Dean Bridge and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, looking SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 215828
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside and Drumsheugh Baths, looking E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 215834
Oblique aerial view of Dean Village, Damside, Dean Path, Dean Bridge, Rothesay Terrace and Drumsheugh Baths, looking NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2581115
General view downstream towards Water of Leith Bridge and Holy Trinity Church also showing 12 Hawthornbank Lane and 17 Bell's Brae
Papers of George Hay, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1950
© Courtesy of HES (George Hay Collection)
DP 001057
Survey elevation and sections.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001061
Survey plans, section and elevations for numbers 14 and 16.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001065
Survey plan and section of West Mill.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 001082
Sections and elevations of blocks E and F at Hawthornbank.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 131652
Ordnance Survey Map of Edinburgh. Coloured 1st edition ' Edinburgh and its Environs' Sheet 28. Includes Charlotte Square, Moray Place, Ainslie Place and Dean Bridge.
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
31/1/1853
SC 1368468
Photographic copy of site plan.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
DP 215842
Oblique aerial view of Dean Bridge, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Lynedoch Place and Miller Row Granary, looking SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 543562
Edinburgh, Dean Village, General View from SW showing Village, Well Court Hall and Well Court
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1978
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 841575
Plan and elevations of 27 Dean Path. Scanned image of E 42756.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1943
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841588
Dean Village Development. Plans. Scanned image of E 42710.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1957
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 841594
Scanned image of IGL W399/7/2.
Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
1958
© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)
SC 1677016
General aerial view of west Edinburgh
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1993
© Crown Copyright: HES
![Scanned image of IGL W399/6/7 [negative number to be supplied].](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00841591.jpg)
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Dean Village has been divided up by street names therefore sites in the Dean Village will also be found under these names: Bell's Brae, Damside, Dean Path, Hawthornbank Lane, Miller Row
RCAHMS Print Room - Inglis Photograph Collection Acc No 1994/90
Dean Village, 1829 - general
Pencil sketch insc: 'Village of Water of Leith from window of John Tods office 1829' (John Tod WS listed at 14 Ainslie Place and 7 Great Stuart Street)
From Architectural Catalogue Slip: The Dean Village, Workers Houses. Photographs, NMR Folio Edinburgh Engravings -
1 sheet drawings and plans
EXTERNAL REFERENCES:
In the National Library of Scotland, Vol. I Nos 67 and 68 of Water Colour Sketches by Thomas Brown, Advocate, are two views in the "Dean".
Reference "Adv. MSS. 34.8.1-3".
See under "Water Colour Sketches, Series of, by Thomas Brown, Advocate".
