Mary King's Close is one of Edinburgh's best known and least visited closes. These pages strive to provide you with a rich and interesting information on a busy close in medieval Edinburgh.
Introduction
Section
Map History
of Mary King's Close between 1750 and 1897Guided
Photo Tour of the CloseThe
Haunted ClosePatterns
of the close and adjacent closesLandowners
and Professions in Mary King's Close between 1508 and 1526
We would be most happy to hear your
comments about our Mary King's Close page
Credits for these pages: Edinburgh City Council Archivist Richard Hunter for his guided tour and documents without which the pages could not have been built; Jim Gilhooley; Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room for lending pictures of the North Loch; photographs by Graeme Lewis Edinburgh Business School Heriot-Watt University; and Web authoring by Sylvie Pelvilain-Smith, CAPDM Ltd., October 1996
: french
translation by Sylvie Pelvilain-Smith, CAPDM Ltd., June 1997