Victoria Street, Edinburgh
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Victoria Street, Edinburgh
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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Victoria Street in Edinburgh was built between 1829-34 as part of a series of improvements to the Old Town. Previously, access from the Grassmarket to the Lawnmarket was via the West Bow, a very steeply sloped and narrow lane. The new street was planned to demolish much of the old West Bow, and provide a broad sweeping link to the newly built George IV Bridge. This was the location of Major Weir’s house, a man notorious as ‘the Wizard of the West Bow’, who was executed for witchcraft in 1670. It was thought that his house was completely demolished when Victoria Street was built, but it now seems that some parts may still exist, hidden in the Quaker Meeting House on the upper terrace.
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April 16th, 2019
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