Step Into History
Walk Edinburgh in 1790
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Step Into History · City walk
Enlightenment Edinburgh, 1790
Edinburgh in 1790 is a city of two faces: the ancient, smoky closes and castle of the Old Town, and the new, rational grid of the Georgian New Town rising on open ground north of the Nor Loch. This walk follows the route between those worlds, from distant hill views and harbour approaches into the terraces, squares and busy streets where merchants, lawyers and students move and argue.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Edinburgh as it stood in 1790 (“New Town, Edinburgh”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Arthur's Seat View
- 2. Leith Shore and Harbour
- ↳ Leith Merchants' Counting-House · interior
- 3. Leith Walk
- 4. Holyrood Palace and Canongate
- ↳ Audience Chamber, Holyrood Palace · interior
- 5. Royal Mile / High Street
- ↳ Antiquarian Bookseller's Shop · interior
- 6. St Giles' and the Kirkyard
- ↳ St Giles' Nave · interior
- 7. Lawnmarket and Mercat Cross
- ↳ Printer's Workshop and Press · interior
- 8. Tron Kirk and Parliament House
- ↳ Tron Kirk Interior · interior
- 9. South Bridge Approach
- ↳ Natural Philosophy Lecture Room · interior
- 10. North Bridge Gateway
- 11. The Mound (Earthen Tip)
- 12. Princes Street Front
- ↳ Princes Street Debating Room · interior
- 13. Nor Loch Hollow / Princes Street Gardens
- 14. Castle Rock and Esplanade
- ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior
- 15. St Andrew Square and Dundas House
- ↳ Dundas House Banking Hall · interior
- 16. George Street Promenade
- ↳ Georgian Drawing Room · interior
- 17. Rose Street Rows
- ↳ Oyster Cellar Club · interior
- 18. Thistle Street and Mews
- 19. Queen Street and Gardens
- 20. Hanover Street Crossing
- 21. Castlehill Esplanade View
- 22. Calton Hill Panorama