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Special Collections : Archival Resources

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


    /1Castle from Outlook Tower
    /2Castle from Outlook Tower
    /3Castle from Outlook Tower
    /4Castle from Outlook Tower
    /5Castle Esplanade and Parade Ground from Outlook Tower
    /6High Street from Outlook Tower
    /7High Street from Outlook Tower
    /8Lawnmarket and High Street from Outlook Tower
    /9View north from Outlook Tower
    /10View north from Outlook Tower
    /11View east from Outlook Tower
    /12Outlook Tower Garden from above
    /13Outlook Tower Garden
    /14Outlook Tower Garden
    /15Ramsay Gardens from Outlook Tower
    /16Ramsay Gardens from Outlook Tower
    /17Ramsay Lane