Canonmills

and

Tanfield

Canonmills lies on the northern  edge of Edinburgh's New Town, about 3/4 mile to the north of Princes Street

Tanfield lies to the west of the bridge over the Water of Leith at Canonmills, on both sides of the river.  It was once a very industrial area but  now includes housing and offices.

 

Old Engravings

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Canonmills Loch ©

Canonmills Loch 

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Tanfield Hall ©

Tanfield Hall

 

Old Photos

    Tenements and Pub at 7-21 Canon Mills, on the site where the Esso Petrol Station now stands ©

Early 1900s

Tenements and Pub on the site of the Esso Service Station

 

Photographs

Flour Delivery to Taylor's Bakery, Canonmills ©

Date?

Taylor's Bakery

  ©

Around 1968

Huntly Street, near Canonmills Clock

 ©

Around 1968

Huntly Street, near Canonmills Clock

 Howard Place - Looking to the North fromCanonmills towards Goldenacre ©

Early 1900s

Howard Place
Looking north towards Goldenacre

Howard Place - Looking to the North from Canonmills towards Goldenacre ©

2011

Howard Place
Looking north towards Goldenacre

Tanfield

1937

   Aerial View of Morrison & Gibb Factory, Tanfield - 1937 ©

Aerial View

Card with Aerial View of Morrison & Gibb Factory, Tanfield - 1937 ©

Morrison & Gibb Card

with aerial view

Tanfield

1986 -93

View over the Water of Leith to Tanfield ©

1987

View over the Water of Leith

Tanfield, Canonmills

   Tanfield Hall - Morrospm & Gibb's Paper and Printed Sheet Store ©

1986

Morrison & Gibb's

Paper and Printed Sheet Store

(known as 'Tanfield Hall')

View up the Water of Leith from the bridge at Canonmills ©

1987

View up the Water of Leith

from the bridge at Canonmills

Old Building at Tanfield What building is this? ©

1986

Morrison & Gibb's Foundry THEN Ink Store

Tanfield, Canonmills

View over the Water of Leith to Tanfield from Bradon Terrace ©

1987

View over Water of Leith

Tanfield, Canonmills

   Looking down from Brandon Terrace Croall & Croall Fiat Garage at Glenogle Road, Canonmills ©

1987

Croal & Croal Garage

Glenogle Road, Canonmills

   Buildings at Tanfield including Tanfield Hall, Morrospm & Gibb's Paper and Printed Sheet Store ©

1987

Morrison & Gibb's

Paper and Printed Sheet Store

(known as 'Tanfield Hall')

   Gray's buildings at the end of Glenogle Road, Canonmills ©

1987

Gray's Buildings

Glenogle Road, Canonmills

   Morrison & Gibb's Building, Tanfield ©

1987

Morrison & Gibb

Tanfield, Canonmills

   Demolition of the Morrison & Gibb building, Tanfield ©

1987

Morrison & Gibb - Demolition

Tanfield, Canonmills

Morrison & Gibb, Printers & Bookbinders at Howard Place, Canonmills - 1986 ©

1986

Morrison & Gibb + Fire Engines

Tanfield, Canonmills

   The building that was to become Standard Life's Admin Office - Tanfield House at Canonmills ©

1987

The back of Tanfield House

before restoration

Standard Life's Admin Office - Tanfield House, Canonmills, after resotration ©

1993

The front of Tanfield House

after restoration

   Tanfield House - Administraive Offices of The Standard Life Assurance Company ©

1993

One of three domes

at Tanfield House

   Edinburgh at Work - Window cleaners clean one of the domes on the roof of The Standard Life Assurance Company's new administrative office at Tanfield, Edinburgh ©

1993

Window Cleaners

at Tanfield House

   Tanfield House - Administration Offices for Standard Life, seen from the rooftop of Tanfield House, 1993 ©

1993

View over Water of Leith

Tanfield House + Statue

Tanfield House - Administration Offices for Standard Life - Rooftop Garden, 1993 ©

1993

Rooftop Garden

Tanfield House

   Tanfield House - View from the roof to Data Centre for Standard Life, 1993 ©

1993

Looking SW from the roof of Tanfield House

Standard Life Data Centre, Glenogle Road

Tanfield House - Administration Offices for Standard Life - View from Royal Botanic Garden, 1989 ©

1989

Looking NE from Royal Botanic Garden

Tanfield House, Calton Hill and Arthur's Seat

   Tanfield House - Administration Offices for Standard Life - under construction, 1989 ©

1987

Reconstructing the eastern end of the building

Tanfield House

Tanfield House - Administration Offices for Standard Life - under construction, 1989 ©

1989

Constructing Standard Life Admin Offices

Tanfield House

 

Photographs   -  1991 to 1996

Clark Stonemasons

Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - 1991 ©    Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - carving stone ©

 Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - carving stone ©    Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - at the lathe ©     Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - carving stone ©

Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - at the lathe ©    Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - at the lathe ©     Clark Stonemasons - Canonmills, Edinburgh - carving stone ©

Christmas Tree Warehouse

Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - December 1995 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - December 1995 ©

Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - December 1995 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - December 1995 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - December 1995 ©

Christmas Tree Warehouse in the yard that was formerly the site of the Clark Stonemasons building, demolished earlier in the year - Christmas 1996 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse in the yard that was formerly the site of the Clark Stonemasons building, demolished earlier in the year - Christmas 1996 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse in the yard that was formerly the site of the Clark Stonemasons building, demolished earlier in the year - Christmas 1996 ©

Demolition

 

Demolition of the building previously used by Clark Stonemasons then as a Christmas Tree Warehouse - March 1996 ©     Demolition of the building previously used by Clark Stonemasons then as a Christmas Tree Warehouse - June 1996 ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - March 1996, with the signs still on display from December 1995 - Entrance still standing but building behind demolished ©

Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - March 1996, with the signs still on display from December 1995 - Entrance still standing but building behind demolished ©    Christmas Tree Warehouse at Canonmills - March 1996, with the signs still on display from December 1995 ©

 

Photographs   -  2004 to 2009

Canonmills Court Apartments - Photographed 2004 ©

Canon Court Apartments

Canonmills Court Apartments - Photographed 2006 ©

Canon Court Apartments

 Taylor's Bakery, Canonmills - Photographed March 2006, recently closed ©

Taylor's Bakery

Cafe and shops at the Canonmills Bridge over the Water of Leith - Photograph taken 2006 ©

Canonmills Bridge

Baptist Church, Canonmills - Opposite the Esso Petrol Station ©

Canonmills Baptist Church

Notice on the wall of Baptist Church, Canonmills - Opposite the Esso Petrol Station ©

Notice on Canonmills

Baptist Church

Canonmills Clock, and Looking to the NW along Inverleith Row from the junction with Brandon Terrace - Christmas Eve, 2009 ©

Canonmills Clock and Inverleith Row

 

Photographs   -   2011 to 2015

Old Mill on the corner of Eyer Place and Canon Street, Canonmills - 1911 © 

Old mill, restored

Eyre Place - Looking towards the site of the old Canonmills House, now demolished ©

Site of Canonmills House
 (demolished)

Canonmills Baptist Church - 2011 ©

Looking west to
Canonmills Baptist Church

Bicentenary Notice on Canonmills Baptist Church wall - 1810 to 2010 ©

Notice on the wall of
Canonmills Baptist Church

Canon Street - The street to the west of the Esso Service Station at Canonmills - iPhoto taken September 2014 ©

Canon Street, beside Esso Service Station

Road Signs at a junction near Canonmills Clock ©

Near Canonmills Clock
Road Signs

 

©

Near Canonmills Clock
Earthy Car Park Sign

Earthy Fresh Food shop and Restaurant - with a cow and hay outside ©

'Earthy'  -  Shop, Cow, Hay

Earthy Fresh Food shop and Restaurant, Canonmills - The Entrance ©

'Earthy' - Entrance

Earthy Fresh Food shop and Restaurant, Canonmills - The Counter ©

'Earthy' - Counter

Earthy Fresh Food shop and Restaurant, Canonmills - Fresh Bread for sale © 

'Earthy'  -  Fresh Bread for sale

Earthy Fresh Food shop and Restaurant - Wine for sale ©

'Earthy' - Wine for sale

 

Esso Petrol Station

Photos 2012 to 2014

Esso Service Station, Canonmills What a lot of blue - and a few bits of red! ©

Esso Petrol Station, Canonmills

Esso Petrol Station, Canonmills ©

Esso Petrol Station, Canonmills

Esso Service Station, Canonmills - Toilet ©

Esso Petrol Station, Canonmills  -  Toilets 

Esso Service Station, Canonmills - Toilet ©

Esso Service Station, Canonmills  -  Toilets

 

Police Box

Howard Place, beside the bridge over the Water of Leith

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010 ©

Oct 2010

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010 ©

Oct 2010

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010 ©

Oct 2010

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010 ©

Oct 2010

 

Maps and Aerial Photograph of Canonmills

Edinburgh - 1844 - Map produced for the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge - Section B ©

1844

Edinburgh Map - 1925 - Section B ©

1925

Aerial Photograph - 2001 - Section B ©

2001

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