History of Leith, Edinburgh

7/6/2004

Views of Old Portobello

Views of Portobello c1880, top l. Ramsay Lane, centre top The Established Church, top r High Street looking east, bl Town Hall now a police station, br Episcopalian Church c1880

High Street, Portobello, c1880

Portobello 1838 (after W.B.Scott)

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History of Leith, Edinburgh

7/6/2004

Views of Old Portobello

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