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Drawings, photographs, maps, plans and prints, largely from the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition devised by Sir Patrick Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13319
Scope and Contents
The Cities and Town Planning Exhibition was originally conceived in conjunction with the first Town Planning Conference of 1910 organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, at Burlington House, London, to mark the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Patrick Geddes was asked to be its Director and used it to demonstrate his method of city survey. After the conference, Geddes toured the exhibition to cities interested in learning about the latest developments in...
Dates:
1649-1919, undated
Papers, 1769, concerning the feu held by Robert Ord in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8548
Scope and Contents
With a plan of the site of Ord`s house and garden, and a copy, 1767, of building and feuing regulations for the New Town.
With unrelated burgess ticket, 1713.
Dates:
1713, 1767-1769.
"Plan of the proposed alterations of the Dalkeith Road from Craigour to the south corner of Mr Wauchope`s Inclosures [at Edmonstone]", surveyed by Thomas Johnson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11405
Dates:
1778.
Plans of Edmonston House and grounds.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10081
Scope and Contents
With notes concerning a proposed new garden wall, and inset a section of wall with notes and measurements approaching the house from Dalkeith Road.
Dates:
late 18th century to early 19th century.