Cowgate

including the site of
the Old Town Fire, 2002

 

Engravings

19th Century

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The Cowgate ©

Published 1890

The Cowgate

Engraving from 'Old and New Edinburgh' - The Cowgate ©

Published 1890

The Cowgate

  Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Cowgate looking east ©

Published 1829

The Cowgate

looking east

 

Postcard

  Postcard by Reginald P Phillimore - The Cowgate ©

Reginald P Phillimore

Cowgate

 

Recent Photographs

Early-2000s

   Looking to the west down the Cowgate from the foot of West Bow in the Grassmarket ©

2005

Cowgate from the Grassmarket

Bannerman's Bar, Cowgate - September 2007 ©

2007

Bannerman's Bar

 

Police Box

Early-2000s

Police Box in Cowgate, close to the Salvaton Army building at the foot of Pleasance - October 2010 ©

Oct 2010

Police Box in Cowgate, close to the Salvaton Army building at the foot of Pleasance - October 2010 ©

Oct 2010

 

Scene of the Old Town Fire

Early-2000s

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - The Gilded Balloon, Cowgate ©

December 2002

Photographs by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - Dismantling the wall in the Cowgate ©

December 2002

Cowgate - Scene of the Old Town Fire - six months later - June 2003 - Buildings demolished ©

June 2003

Scene of the Old Town Fire - almost three years later - September 2005 ©

September 2005

 

Cowgate
near the
South Bridge Arch

1970 to 2004

Looking to the west along Cowgate, and through one of the arches of South Bridge, towards the Grassmarket, around 1970 ©

c.1970

Looking to the west along Cowgate, and through one of the arches of South Bridge, towards the Grassmarket, 2004 ©

2004

 

Cowgate
near the
South Bridge Arch

2016

Cowgate - Looking west to South Bridge, 2016 ©

Looking west to South Bridge

Cowgate - Looking east down the Cowgate from South Bridge to Holyrood Road, 2016 ©

Looking east from South Bridge
to Holyrood Road

Cowgate - Looking west from the junction of Cowgate and Niddry Street South, 2016 ©

Looking west at
junction with Niddry Street South

Cowgate - No.207 , Stramash Live Music, 2016 ©

No.207 - Stramash
Live Music

Cowgate - No.207 , Stramash Live Music, floodlit, 2016 ©

No.207 - Stramash
Live Music - floodlit

Cowgate - No.207 , Stramash Live Music, floodlit, zoom-in, 2016 ©

No.207 - Stramash
zoom-in

 

Map

Map of Edinburgh Old Town including High Street, Cowgate, South Bridge, St Giles Church and Tron Kirk and St Giles Church ©

High Street, Cowgate and South Bridge
including St Giles Church and Tron Kirk

 

 

Full Index

Views of Edinburgh

Princes Street views:
 Looking E         Looking W         Looking N + NE        Looking S

from Calton Hill        Preparing for the Trams        Princes Street Gardens

Other street views:
 Grassmarket         George Street          High Street        High Street closes        Leith Street
Lothian Road       North Bridge       Saint James Sq        Waverley Bridge       More Streets

 

 

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