In my previous post I shared some of the history of Edinburgh Gas Light Company and that it relocated around the turn of the 19c to Granton. This led me to explore some of the history of Granton area and below I share some of what I have found.
1850s Ordnance Survey map:
Original Ordnance Survey book entry for Granton castle:
26 June 1852, Edinburgh Evening Post:
1912 Ordnance Survey map: Granton Gas works sited between Royston Castle (in ruins) and Granton House:
13 October 1856, Caledonian Mercury:
July 1920, sketch plan of Granton castle [was also referred to as Royston castle]:
c1920, Granton castle: photograph by Francis Maxwell Chrystal:
18 March 1922, The Scotsman:
Charles Stewart Still Johnston [1850-1924], architect:
7 August 1922, Edinburgh Evening News:
Granton House, date unknown [from Trove]:
7 December 1935, Edinburgh Evening News:
25 December 1945, Edinburgh Evening News:
2 January 1954, Edinburgh Evening News:
2 January 1954, Edinburgh Evening News:
Photographs taken by Peter Scott-Gordon, 1st October 2026:
