Stockbridge, Edinburgh (gbr)

Stockbridge, Edinburgh

Stockbridge, Edinburgh ranks 9,901st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Alliance, Ohio, Grafton Regis, and Darłowo. Memorable people born in Stockbridge, Edinburgh include David Roberts, and Henry Raeburn. Memorable people who died in Stockbridge, Edinburgh include Henry Raeburn. Stockbridge, Edinburgh has been the birth place of many painters and the death place of many painters. Stockbridge, Edinburgh is located in United Kingdom.

Stockbridge is a district of Edinburgh, located north of the city centre, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg, meaning a timber bridge. Originally a small outlying village, it was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh in the 19th century. The current "Stock Bridge", built in 1801, is a stone structure spanning the Water of Leith. The painter Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) owned two adjoining estates, Deanhaugh and St Bernard's, which he developed with the assistance of the architect James Milne. Milne was also responsible for the fine St Bernard's Church (1823) in Saxe Coburg Street. Ann Street, designed by Raeburn and named after his wife, is a rare early example of a New Town street with private front gardens. Read more on Wikipedia