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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


/G: The Vennel, Candlemaker Row


    /1Flodden Wall, Venal
    /2Flodden Wall towards the Castle, Vennel
    /3Wemyss Terrace and Castle
    /4Castle from close off Vennel
    /5Art School from off Vennel
    /6View From Married Quarters
    /7Candlemaker Row
    /8Candlemaker Row Garden
    /9Unidentified waste ground
    /10Candlemaker Row garden after completion
    /11Greyfriars Churchyard
    /12George IV Bridge Arch from Cowgate
    /13George IV Bridge
    /14Victoria Terrace looking West
    /15St. John's Space Victoria Street before garden
    /16View of the town from the west
    /17King's Stables Road
    /18Lady Wynd from West Port