Dumbiedykes

Dumbiedykes is the district between Holyrood Park and the Pleasance.

Most of the housing in this district was demolished in the 1960s

Index to Dumbiedykes Pages

Part of a sketch - View from Calton Hill, looking to the south and South West towards Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Canongate and Dumbiedykes housing ©

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Recollections

Houses and Streets

Factories and Shops

People and Play

Searching for People

Wullie Croal's photos

The Penny Tenement

Photos of People

Groups

A group of six children at Dumbiedykes in the mid-1950s ©

Photos of Streets

Streets  A-G

Streets  H-R

Streets  S-Z

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Place ©

Looking down

on Dumbiedykes

Around 1940

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Around 1950

Looking down on Dumbiedykes and out towards Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags - probably around the 1950s. ©

Looking down on Dumbiedykes and out towards Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags - probably around the 1950s. ©

Around 1960

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Mid and East Arthur Place Tenement Ends ©

1961

Looking out to Edinburgh Castle and down on Dumbiedykes from Salisbury Crags - 1961 ©

mid- 196 0s

Looking down on Dumbiedykes following demolition - mid-1960s ©

Looking down on Dumbiedykes following demolition - mid-1960s ©

1995

Looking down on Dumbiedykes and out towards Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags - 1995 ©

2004

View from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park - Looking towards Dumbiedykes and Edinburgh Castle ©

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View from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park - Looking towards Dumbiedykes and Edinburgh Castle ©

2010

Looking NW from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park towards Edinburgh Castle. Dumbiedykes is in the foreground. ©

Recent Photos

Looking to the east to the backs of the homes in Dumbiedykes Road, and beyond to Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park ©

Maps and
Aerial Views

Looking down on Edinburgh from the north - An 1868 engraving - with captions ©

Edinburgh and Leith map, 1925 - Dumbiedykes and St Leonard's ©

Edinburgh Old Town - Extract from a Bartholemew Map, 1891 - Dumbiedykes ©

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