Tour Scotland Video The Cowgate Street Old Town Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Cowgate Street on ancestry visit to the old town south east of the castle in Edinburgh. This street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George IV Bridge. It meets the Grassmarket at its west end and Holyrood Road to the east. The name is recorded from 1428, in various spellings, as Cowgate and in 1498 as Via Vaccarum. It is derived from the medieval practice of herding cattle down the street on market days.

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