Old photograph of Shoemakers Doorway, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland. An old house four stories high in which the shoemakers used to hold their meetings. Over the entrance door is the shoemakers arms cut in stone and the figures 1667 inscribed. Located on the north side of Canongate. Shoemakers Lands was bought in 1677 by the Guild of Cordwainers of the Canongate. The hall of the Incorporation of Cordiners was erected in 1682. Reconstructed in 1725. Totally demolished in 1882.
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