In our latest retro back at life in Edinburgh’s communities over the years, we’ve found 28 great photos of life in Bruntsfield.
Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in southern Edinburgh. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton.
The modern district of Bruntsfield lies west of Bruntsfield Links, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont. Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north. To the south and east lies the former estate of Greenhill, and to the south Morningside.
The estate built on land originally belonging to Bruntsfield House is called Marchmont, which the Warrender family began renting out in 1872. Many of the street names reflect the association with that family.
The whole area lay within the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, from which a former farm Burghmuirhead took its name which passed eventually to a small area within Bruntsfield. The Burgh Muir stretched all the way through from the present-day Meadows to the Braid Burn at the foot of the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills.
The original name for the area was "Brounysfelde" or Brown's Fields, after the owner of Bruntsfield House.
The photos from our archives include a pop star’s visit to the local primary school in the 1990s, adverse weather in the area in past years, and some golf action from Bruntsfield Links, believed by some to be one of, if not the oldest golf course in the world.
13. Get your skis on
Bruntsfield Primary pupils at Midlothian Snowsports Centre with Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison in December, 2012. | TSPL
14. Going for a stroll
People stroll through the Meadows at Bruntsfield in February, 1964. | TSPL
15. Winner
Pictured in October, 2012, Marie Moser, the new owner of the Edinburgh Bookshop on Bruntsfield Place, who won Best Book/Stationery Retailer in the Scottish Independent Retailer of the Year Awards. | TSPL
16. Start-up
David Bissett from start-up company DSB furniture who supplied the furniture for Luca's Ice cream Parlour in Bruntsfield, in September, 2012. | Toby Williams