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Dave Henniker Bruntsfield & Beyond
Holy Corner, Howe Dean, Kings Theatre, Lang Linn
also see: Views from Christ Church Steeple
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The Junction of Bruntsfield Place, Morningside Road, Chamberlain Road and Colinton Road. The evening sun dazzles drivers heading out of town along Colinton Road. | |
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Photographed after the road was resurfaced and made more cyclist-friendly. The area is known as Holy Corner because of the number of churches nearby: Christ Church Morningside, Church of Scotland Morningside United, Morningside Baptist Church, and the one that's now the Eric Liddell Centre at the corner of Chamberlain Road. | |
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No longer used as a regular church. The Scottish Gazeteer has information about the centre and about Eric Liddell. The film Chariots of Fire was based on events in his life. This photo shows the attractive stone work at one of the entrances. | |
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Inside the ground floor at the northwest corner facing east. The stairs at the end of the tiled passageway lead up to new floors constructed when the building's interior was modified. There is also a lift (elevator). | |
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The first of three shots of the stained glass windows. | |
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The centre window. | |
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The top of one of the windows as seen from higher up. | |
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This attractive metal stairway is part of the refurbishments. | |
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A vertical shot with the wide angle lens shows the view down as well as up. |
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A sunny corner of an older, stone-built stairway. Visit the Eric Liddell Centre website. | |
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An exposure of a few seconds caught the morning rush hour traffic creating interesting light trails at this busy junction. A little bit of accidental camera-shake at the start of the exposure caused some traces to wobble. | |
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The green LCD bus tracker sign announces likely arrival times of buses early on a sunny October afternoon. | |
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A study of chimney pots above Holy Corner. | |
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The afternoon sun shines straight down Colinton Road onto the crossroads. | |
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Infra Red shot taken from the bank carpark looking diagonally across to the Eric Liddell Centre. | |
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There's a bench in front of the church and this attractive garden separates it from the busy bus stop from Holy Corner into the city centre. | |
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From The Citizen November/December 2006: For the time being the garden and tomb are again open to the public. The owners of 1 Chamberlain Road have appealed against the decision of the Land Court confirming that the Council does have legal title to the land. | |
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Background from the Edinburgh Evening News 1st December 2005: Built as a memorial to John Livingston, the walled garden on Chamberlain Road houses the 17th century botanist's tomb and a memorial plaque. It is understood the action has been taken by the new owners of the house next door, who are thought to be claiming the garden belongs to them. A row of six-foot conifers also sprung up last week to conceal the entrance to the garden, and a commemorative bench was removed. |
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John
Livingston's Tomb 02 681 x 1024 257K |
This area was once the Boroughmuir, a wooded area outside the city of Edinburgh where Kings went hunting. When the Black Death came, this area was considered far enough away from the city to be safe from spreading or catching it. This third photo in this series shows a closer view of the entrance way. |
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The actual tombstone (referred to in the plaque in the next photo) | |
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The text on this plaque is very informative. It starts: John
Livingston, an apothecary, acquired the substantial estate of Greenhill
in the 1630s, but his enjoyment of it was short-lived; after perhaps
nine years' occupation he succumbed, in 1645, to the Black Death. It
was a particularly virulent epidemic, in the course of which most people
fled from the city, and half the population of Leith may have died. The plaque continues with the text on the tombstone, as well as more historical information. |
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This last shot in the series shows the view from the tombstone looking back towards the gate way. |
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Just another updated snap when I was passing. July 2010. | |
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No apologies for the next 3 pictures because they all show our livingroom window. | |
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This is a very busy bus stop towards the city centre. LRT services 11, 15, 16, 23 and 45 all stop here. Other notable services include the McEwan's buses from Dumfries. | |
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The last of the bus stop pictures shows the front of the semi-detached two-storey villas next to Christchurch. | |
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Looking south towards Holy Corner from the junction of Bruntsfield Place with Merchiston Place and Montpelier Park. The Pentland's Hillend provides a background for Church Hill. | |
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Crowds of student types appear here periodically. We think they come from overseas and are accomodated at nearby Napier University. | |
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Zoomed in to have a closer look at some of the travelers headed for the city centre. | |
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Taken from our window, this is a twilight shot taken at 10.30pm on the last day of May. Drag the Google Street View picture around for a 360 degree view of Holy Corner. Try full screen or click the circles to go traveling. Escape to return. |
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The bottom end of the footpath which leads from Blackford Glen up to Braid Hills Drive. | |
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A red sandstone building which features stage plays, musicals and Christmas pantomimes. |
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Two shots of the Kings Theatre's entrance doors. The wooden doors look fine but the brass plates are a bit battered looking and the marble step is cracked. | |
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Stepping back a couple of paces gives this wider view showing the illuminated canopy which provides shelter for theatregoers on rainy evenings. | |
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The top entrance to this path beside Braid Hills Drive which connects Comiston with Liberton. | |
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The Lang Linn path descends from Braid Hills Drive to Blackford Glen. The field on the right extends eastwards to Howe Dean Path. Nature has regained a foothold here - but there are pressures to turn this area into yet another golf course. Update: The golf course came. Big money is turning Scotland into a Golf Theme Park. |
Church Hill pictures here - Grange page here
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