Image: Easter Road between Edinburgh and Leith in the 18th century

Description: Easter Road is described as the "old Coach road to Leith" on a map of 1825 by James Kyle, superintendant of military Roads. The church in the distance is South Leith Parish Church, and there appears to be a glass bottle kiln just to the right of the ship moored in Leith Roads. In 1763—There were two stage-coaches, with three horses, a coachman, and postillion to each coach, which went to the port of Leith [from Edinburgh] (a mile and a half distant) every hour from eight in the morning, till eight at night, and consumed a full hour upon the road.In 1783—There were five or six stagecoaches to Leith every half-hour, which ran it in fifteen minutes.(from a letter by the publisher William Creech to Sir John Sinclair, The Statistical Account of Scotland, 1791-99)
Title: Easter Road between Edinburgh and Leith in the 18th century
Credit: Scanned from J Russell, The Story Of Leith, Nelson 1922
Author: Unknown, after a sketch by Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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