Reid Terrace, Stockbridge
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Reid Terrace, Stockbridge
Image: © Paul Gillett Taken: 7 Jun 2013
By the Water of Leith The group of stone terraced houses known as The Colonies of Stockbridge was the first of several ‘colonies’ to be built in Edinburgh during the second half of the nineteenth century. All but one of these colonies were built by the same company – The Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company. Reid Terrace was the first of the terraces to be built by the Company, and named in honour of Hugh Gilzean Reid http://www.stockbridgecolonies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=150
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Image Location
Latitude
55.961263
Longitude
-3.211006