BROWN ST, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

William Murray Borthwick and his family lived at 6 Brown St, Edinburgh in the mid-1820s. In 1822 William Murray Borthwick's younger brother, John, also lived in Brown St as that was his address when he married Isabella Chisholm of Edinburgh.

The red star on the map below shows where Brown St is in Edinburgh, opposite Holyrood Park.

TAKE A WALK ALONG BROWN STREET TODAY ...

Once more an internet genealogist friend has helped to bring the Borthwick story to life. Angela Lamb of Edinburgh took these great photographs of Brown St, Edinburgh in April/May 2001. So this atmospheric "walk along Brown St" is posted here with thanks to Angela, who owns the copyright of the photographs. They are not for commercial use.

Angela's own ancestor, Timotheus Rupperti, a musician or herald's trumpeter, lived at 7 Brown Street at roughly the same time as my family, perhaps just a little later. As well as the Rupperti family 1830-1840 Angela's great-grandfather Hugh Wylie Horne was living in 7 Brown St in the 1881 census and married Esther Hislop of 6 Brown St in 1887 (he was around the corner in the Pleasance by that time)! Understandably Angela has a strong interest in Brown St and would be happy to hear from anyone else who knows these families or their neighbours at the time.

In 1899 the family of another genealogist, Joanne Brown, were living at 7 Brown Street in Edinburgh. Their names were Jane Murray and William Ferguson.

If any reader has a story or information about Brown St, or about the places in these photos, that they'd like to share I would love to hear from you. And it would be wonderful to find a photo of Brown St in the early 1800s. Any ideas out there on where we might look?

And so, at last, to the walk ....

1. The church on the south side of Brown St, built late 19th Century.
According to the 2001 telephone directory this is the Kirk o'Field
Parish church, address 1 Brown Street/140 Pleasance.

2. Taken from the top of Brown St looking east to the
Queen's Park also known as Holyrood Park

3. Modern flats at the end of Brown St. looking
towards Salisbury Crags.

4. These photos show the current layout & modern housing in Brown St.
There are no houses on the northern side of the street.

5. This photo shows how Salisbury Crags dominates the landscape.

6. Walking down Brown St and turning right along Dumbie Dykes
to Heriot Mount (steps)

7. A view northwest of the skyline back over towards Brown St.
Salisbury Crags are part of an ancient lava flow - and the strange spiky
white tent on the mid left of this photo is actually a new geology museum,
called Dynamic Earth. The cranes to the left of it, are on the building
site of the new Scottish Parliament.

8 & 9. The photos above and below are the views southeast and northeast,
from up the Heriot Mount steps.

As can be guessed from these lovely photos, Arthur's Seat, and Salisbury Crags is a great place to walk, a mini-mountain with panoramic views, right in the centre of Edinburgh.

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