Tour Scotland Video Views North From Calton Hill Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the views North from Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. The views North from Calton Hill look towards the Firth of Forth and the Kingdom of Fife. The Calton area was owned by the Logan family of Restalrig but their lands were forfeited in 1609 following the posthumous sentence of treason on Robert Logan. The lands of Restalrig and Calton, otherwise known as Easter and Wester Restalrig, passed to the Elphinstone family. Sir James Elphinstone was made Lord Balmerino in 1604 and in 1673 the lands of Restalrig and Calton were erected into a single barony. In 1725, Calton was disjoined and sold to the royal burgh of Edinburgh. Calton remained a burgh of barony, although it was not administered as such, until it was formally incorporated into Edinburgh by the Municipality Extension Act of 1856.

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