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Applications are now open for Edinburgh & East Lothian Doors Open Days 2026 (26–27 September).
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Discover hidden places, shared stories and new perspectives this September
2/2 If you want to know more about the search for the unknown sailor (now identified as William Adamson from @Leith) at Mystic River, here's the local history group's article "A Grave That Kept Its Secret for two Centuries: by Grace Cleere bit.ly/49clMKt Please share
A Giant Reawakens. Free event at St Stephens Theatre in Stockbridge, 20th June at 3 p.m. A chance to hear and appreciate this historic instrument, played by 5 organists.
Barclay Viewforth Church has a free exhibition running from 15th to 19th June, featuring photography by Anneleen Lindsay and excerpts from oral history interviews with the Tollcross community. This exhibition celebrates Tollcross, and the Kings Theatre.
Today, 4 June 1694, the Merchant Maiden Hospital, later known as The Mary Erskine School was founded in the Cowgate. Read more about the early school and Mary Erskine. #famousedinburghschools #maryerskine #companyofmerchantsofedinburgh #girlsschools #edinburghtrades
1/2 Can you help us? A history group in New England is trying to find descendants of William Adamson, a Royal Navy sailor (HMS Terror) from Leith who died at Mystic River in 1814. He had a wife, Christian, & 2 daughters. Please share. #leithsailors #napoleonicwars #gravesecrets #hmsterror
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Today, 2 June 1581, James Douglas, Earl of Morton, was executed on the Maiden, a form of guillotine which he himself had imported from France. A great blog by OEC member Jo Chapman. #onthisday #localhistory #edinburghhistory #scottishhistory #edinburghtolbooth
This free exhibition runs until the 28th June, showcasing Jill’s meticulous work in tracing lost stones from the former Trinity Collegiate Church, which once stood just below Calton Hill.
#lostedinburghchurches #medievaledinburgh #royalmile #citymuseums #chalmersclose
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Jill tells us of her research into two sons of the Slater family from Lerwick, their masonry work in Morningside, and the reconstruction of the Mercat Cross in 1885.
#morningsidehouses #morningsidebuildders #edinburghmercatcross #springvalleygardens #robertrowandanderson.
