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There is a page named "List of closes on the Royal Mile" on Wikipedia
in housing. Closes tend to be narrow with tall buildings on both sides, giving them a canyon-like appearance and atmosphere. The Royal Mile comprises five...9 KB (1,021 words) - 00:05, 23 December 2022
The Royal Mile (Scottish Gaelic: Am Mìle Rìoghail; Scots: Ryal Mile) is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city...20 KB (2,391 words) - 12:54, 10 August 2024
Mary King's Close is a historic close located under the Edinburgh City Chambers building on the Royal Mile, in the historic Old Town area of Edinburgh,...7 KB (694 words) - 17:59, 29 August 2024
Cockburn Street, Edinburgh (category Coordinates on Wikidata)the Royal Mile). The truncated ends of the closes were remodelled in the Scots Baronial style from 1859 to 1864. The majority of buildings are by the...4 KB (466 words) - 15:59, 20 June 2023
persons. The close leads from Market Street at the foot of Cockburn Street to the Royal Mile, exiting opposite St Giles Cathedral close to the Supreme...10 KB (1,335 words) - 22:11, 27 July 2024
Baxter's Close (since demolished) to the east of Lady Stair's Close during his first trip to Edinburgh in 1786. List of closes on the Royal Mile Scottish...3 KB (337 words) - 13:07, 7 September 2022- Princes Street (category Coordinates on Wikidata)2 km (three quarters of a mile) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street has few buildings on the south side and looks over...19 KB (2,140 words) - 20:12, 29 May 2024
Horse Close, or "Whitehorse Close", is an enclosed courtyard off the Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile at the eastern end of the Old Town of Edinburgh...7 KB (1,000 words) - 23:23, 21 February 2023
Grassmarket (category Coordinates on Wikidata)Grassmarket from Gordon of Rothiemay's map, c. 1647 Kincaid map showing Grassmarket closes in 1784 Drawing of an execution in the Grassmarket on Edinphoto Edward...21 KB (2,894 words) - 09:54, 3 July 2024
Rose Street (category Coordinates on Wikidata)partly in reference to the Royal Mile, but was misleading since it is neither an English nor a Scots mile in length. Whilst some of the traditional pubs here...5 KB (670 words) - 12:18, 27 August 2023
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh (category Coordinates on Wikidata)issued by the Royal Bank; the building's Palladian facade features on the obverse of each note, as the background graphic on both sides of the notes is...10 KB (976 words) - 10:34, 11 August 2024- of preservation of the city, in combination with its status as the home of many famous persons, renders the list worthwhile. The many narrow closes lost...6 KB (933 words) - 14:39, 7 November 2023
customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised...81 KB (7,168 words) - 03:49, 27 August 2024
North Bridge, Edinburgh (category Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh)flats ("Royal Mile Mansions"). That on the east housed Patrick Thomson's department store from 1906 until 1976 when its then owner the House of Fraser...9 KB (1,133 words) - 08:26, 19 May 2024
Edinburgh, John Grieve to support merchants on the Royal Mile to improve connection to the residents on Princes Street (which was then built only from...5 KB (464 words) - 18:55, 11 April 2023
Royal Terrace is a grand street in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the north side of Calton Hill within the New Town and part of the UNESCO World Heritage...14 KB (1,525 words) - 17:32, 24 August 2024
near the famous Royal Mile and Holyrood. The street connects the South Bridge (A7), where it is opposite the Old College, and the Pleasance. The street...9 KB (959 words) - 00:25, 25 July 2023
George Street, Edinburgh (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)1847 as the headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Scotland. This is on the site of James Craig's Physicians' Hall, built for the Royal College of Physicians...16 KB (1,621 words) - 14:53, 7 June 2024
Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh (category Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh)feature along Royal Terrace, but not used in Regent Terrace. The houses are now all category A listed buildings. Based on a diagram of the development drawn...10 KB (1,303 words) - 17:52, 24 January 2024
George IV Bridge (category Royal Mile)Scotland, and is home to a number of the city's important public buildings. A bridge connecting the Royal Mile to the south was first suggested as early...8 KB (836 words) - 05:39, 11 June 2023
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