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Photographs taken in or around the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh.

Stockbridge is an area of Edinburgh, located towards the north of the city, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg, meaning a timber bridge, in particular, a footbridge. Originally a small village, it was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh. The actual "Stock Bridge" was built in 1801 and spans the Water of Leith. The painter Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) owned two adjoining estates, Deanhaugh and St Bernard’s, which he developed with the assistance of the architect James Milne. Milne was also responsible for the fine St Bernard's Church (1823) in Saxe Coburg Street. Ann Street, designed by Raeburn and named after his wife, is a rare example of a New Town street with front gardens

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