Coll-1167: Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies
The Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh are part of a larger collection formerly held within the Outlook Tower on Castlehill. The collection as whole was catalogued while still at the Outlook Tower, this catalogue published as a 2-volume set Catalogue of the archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, the second volume focussed solely on the Edinburgh Survey photographs. It is this volume which has now been revisited, its contents keyed, with minor alterations, into a database, accessible below.
It is hoped to address the rest of the collection in due course. Meanwwhile a full digital copy of the first volume is available in pdf format (9MB file)
/1: Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh
/A: The Castle and Castlehill
/15
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/A/15 |
| Title | Ramsay Gardens from Outlook Tower |
| Original title | Ramsay Gardens from O.T. |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | The cottages in detail, presumably on the edge of the gardens behind New College and Mound Place, have been demolished. The terrace of Ramsay Gardens, visible beyond the cottages, originally consisted of three houses built be Alan Ramsay, the painter, son of the poet, between 1760 and 1780. |
| Author of original title | Mabel Barker |
| Negative number | Green Box 18 |
| Note | Damaged slide. See also Coll-1167/1/A/16. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/A/16 |