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Edinburgh, Montgomery Street, Park
Park (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Montgomery Street, Park
Classification Park (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Elgin Street; East Montgomery Place; Elgin Terrace
Canmore ID 369295
Site Number NT27SE 6394
NGR NT 26745 74668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/369295
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
The creation of a park or area of open ground for recreation and green space edged by Montgomery Street and South Elgin Street dates to the development of housing, particularly tenement building, in the latter part of the nineteenth century. In the mid nineteenth century the area had been nursery or market garden, one of a number of nurseries along the road to Leith (Leith Walk) from the city centre. By the late nineteenth century the eastern end was a bowling green. The park now consists of open grass and a child play area to the west end, including a locally loved steel tube helter-skelter.
