Moredun
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Moredun is a district in the south-east of
The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of
David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.[3] The house was acquired in 1923 to convert into a convalescent home for ex-servicemen. It was instead found unsuitable and demolished. The facility was instead created in the form of the Murray Homes for the Scottish Veterans Association in 1929. Part of the estate was also sold in 1924 to create the Moredun Research Institute.[4]
In the late 1960s six tower blocks were built in the area; whilst all six remain standing, a large project was undertaken to refurbish them to coincide with the construction of the new
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary nearby. Two of the 16-storey blocks – Moncreiffe House and Forteviot House – are within the geographical boundary of Moredun, while the other four are technically in neighbouring Craigour.[5][6]
Moredun contains two clusters of shops on Moredun Park Road as well as a library and a primary school. It has transport links on a par with other similar areas of the city, with the
Edinburgh City Council chartered Lothian and First East Lothian
18 passing through the area, with the 3, 7 and 29 services running nearby.
Craigour
Craigour (55°54′53″N 3°8′15.5″W / 55.91472°N 3.137639°W) is a neighbourhood of southeast
Burdiehouse Burn flows through the area.[7]
For such a small area, Craigour consists of a wide variety of house types. clusters of houses.
Craigour has a nearby primary schoola corner shop and bookmaker adjacent to one another.
Sources
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ "OpenStreetMap".
- ^ "Home - Edinburgh Past and Present". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Tracing Your Edinburgh Ancestors, Alan Stewart
- ^ Moredun, Phase 3, Tower Block | University of Edinburgh
- ^ Craigour Place Estate[dead link], Emporis
- ^ Craigour, Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Craigour, EdinPhoto
- ^ Edinburgh, Moredun, Craigour Green, Moredun House, Canmore
- ^ Moredun Temporary Housing Area, Phase 2, Stage 1, Tower Block | University of Edinburgh
- ^ Craigour Place Estate[dead link], Emporis
- ^ Edinburgh council site for the school