Old Photographs Portobello Scotland

Old photograph of Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Portobello is located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. By the 18th century it had become a haunt of seamen and smugglers. In 1742 a cottage was built on what is now the High Street, close to the junction with what is now Brighton Place, by a seaman by the name of George Hamilton, who had served under Admiral Edward Vernon during the 1739 capture of Porto Bello, Panama, meaning literally beautiful port or harbour, and who named the cottage Portobello Hut in honour of that victory. By 1753 there were other houses around it, and the cottage itself remained intact until 1851, becoming a hostelry for walkers and becoming known as the Shepherd's Ha'.

Old photograph of Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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