Old Photographs Cramond Edinburgh Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Cramond, Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Amain, a village and suburb in the north west of Edinburgh, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern times, it was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law, born 1671, died 1729. Cramond was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh by Act of Parliament in 1920. There were four Mills owned by Caddell and Company, who first settled in Cramond in 1771. The four connected with this company were located within a short distance of each other, they were, Cockle Mill, Peggie's Mill, Dowies Mill and Fairafar Mill. There has been a small ferry crossing across the River Almond at Cramond since the middle of 1800. For many people Cramond is associated with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, where Mr. Lowther has his home and Miss Brodie spends much of her time. Cramond is also where the House of Shaws is located in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. Cramond is also mentioned in Ian Rankin's Fleshmarket Close.n his Tales of a Grandfather, Sir Walter Scott records the traditional tale of how King James V was attacked while walking across the bridge. He was rescued by a local tenant farmer, Jock Howieson, who he later rewarded with a gift of the land he worked at Braepark. The King asked in return that Howieson and his descendants should be prepared to wash the monarch's hands either at Holyrood Palace or when they passed by Cramond Brig. How often this duty was carried out in the following centuries is not known.A tower house, Cramond Tower, probably built in the early 15th century was once a manor house of the Bishops of Dunkeld. Cramond House. Its central part is late 17th century, with classical front added in 1778 and back in 1820. Queen Victoria visited while residing at Holyrood. It has been claimed as a possible original of R. L. Stevenson’s "House of Shaws" in Kidnapped. Cramond Kirk is a cruciform Kirk of 1656 with 15th century tower. Interior altered 1701, 1811. Large reconstruction 1911 by Donald McArthy and James Mather. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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