Edinburgh

Canongate – North Side

On the northern side of Canongate, just after the position of the Netherbow Port, is Jeffrey Street.

Morocco Land is a reproduction of the old tenement; outside this building is the bust of a Moor from which the name is derived.

The Canongate Tolbooth was built in 1591 and served as the burgh’s administration office and also a prison. It now houses The People's Story, a museum that shows working class life in Edinburgh since the eighteenth century.

The Canongate Kirk, next to the Tolbooth, was built in the 1680s for the congregation that was expelled from Holyrood Abbey. The cross that stands in the kirkyard was rebuilt in 1953. Originally this stood opposite the Tolbooth and was moved to the kirkyard in the 19th century. The shaft of the cross possibly dates from the 16th century while the rest dates from the 19th.

Dunbar's Close, beside the Kirk, has a 17^th century walled garden hidden behind the tenements.

Near the bottom of Canongate is Whitehorse Close, which was once the site of the inn from where stagecoaches began their journey to London.

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