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L'Upper Bow faisait partie de la West Bow qui était une route escarpée qui reliait Grassmarket à Castlehill. Le West Bow se termine maintenant à Victoria Street et des marches vous mènent à l'Upper Bow et à la Victoria Terrace, une passerelle en balcon située au-dessus de l'ancien West Bow. La carte montre le tracé actuel de la route avec l'Upper Bow, West Bow,
Terrasse Johnston, Castlehill, et Lawnmarket. La carte se trouve au pied de l'Upper Bow.
St Columba's Free Church
St Columba's Free Church is a Victorian Gothic building built in 1846 for a congregation of the Old Town's poor founded by the Rev. John Alexander, a mission priest. The day school beneath the church fed and educated up to 200 boys and girls until the 1870’s
La première image ci-dessous montre les marches Upper Bow qui descendent vers l'arc ouest et Rue Victoria.
L'image centrale est les marches de West Bow à Upper Bow et Victoria Terrace.
La dernière photo regarde le West Bow depuis le Grassmarket.
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Victoria Terrace
Victoria Terrace and Victoria Street are part of the New Town. They were built when George IV Bridge was built 1845 - 1866.
It is on the line of the original city wall circa 1450 ta part of which can be seen off the Grassmarket.
Quaker House
The building with arches on Victoria Terrace was built in 1866 as the United Original Secession Church it closed in 1900 and and later in 1988 became the Quaker Meeting house. On the south side of the Street is India Buildings built 1866.
1-6 Victoria Street, was occupied by the British Linen Bank, the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture, and the Geological Survey of Scotland. In 2022 the Vigin Hotel opened, on construction there were many medieval artifacts, ruins of previous buildings found dating to the 10th century. Inscription 'Dominus Providebit.' The Lord Will Provide
