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Edinburgh, 34 - 46 Leith Street
Commemorative Stone (18th Century), Shop (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 34 - 46 Leith Street
Classification Commemorative Stone (18th Century), Shop (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) James Allan & Co; 42 Leith Street
Canmore ID 138709
Site Number NT27SE 3611
NGR NT 25923 74099
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/138709
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Publication Account (1951)
151. Carved Stone, 42 Leith Street.
A cartouche from the Convening House of the Edinburgh Cordiners or Shoemakers, which formerly stood at the S.W. corner of Horse Wynd (1), has been built for preservation inside the W. wall of the saloon at the back of Messrs. Allan & Sons' premises. The craft took its name from the use, in shoemaking, of "Cordovan," Spanish goatskin leather prepared at Cordova. The badge of the Incorporation, a rounding-knife surmounted by a crown, is carved in high relief at the top of the cartouche; the date 1713, incised, flanks the crown; and the following inscription is cut partly on the two sides of the knife and partly beneath it: GOD BLISS / THEM CORDINERS / OF [EDIN]BURGH / W[HO BUIL]T THIS / [WARK ?].
RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941
(1) Maitland, History, p. 307.
