Dalkeith & Around Through Time by Jack Gillon
The Midlothian town of Dalkeith has had an eventful history. Cromwell's officer, General Monck, was Commander in Scotland, and the government of the country was based out of Dalkeith Castle. In the seventeenth century, Dalkeith had one of Scotland's largest markets in its exceptionally broad High Street. In 1831 Dalkeith was linked to Edinburgh by a railway line that transported coal, minerals and agricultural produce. Two decades later, in 1853, a corn exchange, at the time the largest indoor grain market in Scotland, was built, and in 1879 Dalkeith was where Gladstone first started his campaign to become British prime minister.The surrounding villages also have their fair share of historical significance: Newtongrange was Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s and today houses the National Mining Museum; Bonnyrigg was a mining village until the 1920s; Lasswade was a popular holiday resort in the nineteenth century for wealthy Edinburgh residents; and in nearby Roslin is Rosslyn Chapel, famous for its connections to the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail and which featured in The Da Vinci Code.-
Lundy Island Through Time
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Malvern Through Time
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Hull Through Time
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Bradford Through Time
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Scarborough and Whitby Railway Through Time
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time
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Battersea Through Time
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The Somerset and Dorset Railway Through Time
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Silverstone Circuit Through Time
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Portsmouth Through Time
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Winchester Through Time
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Barking and Dagenham Through Time
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Plymouth Through Time
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Norwich Through Time
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In & Around Wigan Through Time
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Salford Through Time
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Manchester Ship Canal Through Time
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Inverness Through Time
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New Forest Through Time
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Dartmouth Through Time
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Tunbridge Wells Through Time
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Anglesey Through Time
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Chiswick Through Time
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Stoke Through Time
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Edinburgh Through Time
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London's East End Through Time
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The Birmingham Canal Navigations Through Time
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Paddington Station Through Time
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Rayleigh Through Time
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The Wirral Through Time
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Victoria Station Through Time
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Swanage & Around Through Time
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St Albans Through Time
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Bolton Through Time
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St Pancras Station Through Time
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Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Through Time
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Milton Keynes Through Time
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Exeter Through Time
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Leicester Through Time
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Otley Through Time
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King's Lynn Through Time
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Norfolk Through Time
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Edinburgh Pubs
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Edinburgh in the 1950s
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Secret Edinburgh
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East Neuk of Fife Through Time
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Leith History Tour
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Stirling Through Time
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Secret Leith
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Aberdeen in 50 Buildings
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50 Gems of Fife
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Falkirk Through Time
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Images of Portobello
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50 Gems of the Lothians
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Stirling The Postcard Collection
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Leith Reflections
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Edinburgh South Side Through Time
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Chambers Scottish Food Book
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Secret Falkirk
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Quirky Edinburgh
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SIXTIES SOUTHSIDE: Edinburgh Southside in the 1960s
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Now That's What I Call Edinburgh
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Selkirk & Melrose Through Time
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Celebrating Edinburgh
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Haddington Through Time
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Perth The Postcard Collection
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Edinburgh Reflections
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Edinburgh The Postcard Collection
Jack Gillon is a long term resident of Edinburgh and has worked as a Town Planner involved in the conservation of the city’s heritage of historic buildings for around thirty years and has an extensive knowledge of the city's history and architecture. He writes extensively on the historical heritage of Scotland and has had several books published by Amberley.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781445652573 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445652579 |
| Title | Dalkeith & Around Through Time |
| Author | Jack Gillon |
| Series | Through Time |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |