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The Illustrated
History of Edinburgh's Suburbs
Sandy Mullay
The Illustrated History of Edinburgh’s
Suburbs shows how the countryside, farms and
villages developed into urban streets, residential
areas, shopping districts and industrial estates that
are so familiar today. In the course of the last 150
years the outskirts of the city have been transformed,
and they have expanded, in a way that would astonish
Edinburgh residents of just a few generations ago.
In this detailed and fully illustrated account of
the suburbs, Sandy Mullay offers a concise history
of each district, but he also features local anecdotes,
myths and folklore, and he remembers remarkable, sometimes
bizarre, episodes and notable individuals who played
their part in the story. His survey will be essential
reading and reference for everyone who takes an interest
in their neighbourhood and in the complex, surprising
history of the city itself.
Recalled in this account are the origins and development
of districts as diverse as Trinity, Warriston, Drylaw,
Blackhall, Comely Bank, Murrayfield, Dairy, Stenhouse,
Craiglockhart, Redford, Morningside, Newington, Liberton,
Craigmillar and Portobello.
The Illustrated History of Edinburgh’s Suburbs
records, in words and photographs, the impact made
on the city by an ever-increasing population and changes
in industry, at work and in the home. In particular
it describes the process of urbanization that encroached
on the countryside and gave birth to the city suburbs
of today. The book gives a keen insight into the development
of each district and into the expansion that created
new communities and absorbed the old.
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