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
/P: Calton Hill and eastern periphery of New Town
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| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/P/10 |
| Title | Inglis Corner top of Calton Hill |
| Original title | Inglis Corner top of Calton Hill Road |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | Inglis Corner refers to Rock House. From 1843 to 1945 it was a photographic studio and house of three generations of the Inglis family. Note Dugald Stewart Monument protruding in background to the right. |
| Author of original title | Alasdair Geddes |
| Negative number | Green Box 132 |
| Note | Glass plate is in seven bits. |
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