North Britons The idea for a New Town in Edinburgh emerged after the defeat ... who was instrumental in the formation of the Free Church of Scotland, and William Pitt, who was Prime Minister ...

ONE of Edinburgh’s best-loved buildings has gone on sale for less than the cost of a city flat. St Stephen’s church has been one of the New Town’s most famous landmarks since it was built in ...

the New Town of Edinburgh was the largest planned city ... being called the 'Athens of the North'. A series of fine churches, the Assembly Rooms in George Street, the Register House at the east ...

Not really thought of as part of the New Town by locals, the street was originally to be named St Giles Street after the patron saint of Edinburgh ... St Cuthbert’s Church and the North Bridge ...