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| EAST COURT | 23.8.67 | A small development on east side of Ravelston House Park. |
| EASTER BELMONT ROAD | 21.3.35 | Originally one of the driveways to Belmont House - see Belmont Avenue etc. |
| EASTER DRYLAW AVENUE BANK DRIVE GARDENS GROVE LOAN PLACE VIEW WAY |
17.7.52 17.7.52 30.1.36 17.7.72 17.7.72 17.7.52 30.1.36 30.1.36 1.7.71 |
East of Drylaw House there was located the farm of Easter Drylaw. The location was just south of the midpoint of Easter Drylaw Place. See also "Drylaw". |
| EASTER PARK DRIVE | 1.3.73 | Constructed in the grounds of the old house of Easter Park still in existence. The house is located to the east of Barnton Park, thus Easter Park. |
| EASTFIELD GARDENS | 25.6.31 | From the district of Eastfield. Named thus because of its location east of Joppa. See alsoEastfield -Part I |
| EDMONSTONE ROAD | - | Named from Edmonstone House, the entrance to which is off Old Dalkeith Road opposite Ferniehill Drive. An old family, the Edmonstones lived there for centuries. |
| EILDON TERRACE | 21.12.33 | Named from Eildon Street adjacent. For derivation see Eildon Street - Part I |
| ELCHO TERRACE | - | First shown in Edinburgh street directory in 1915. Elch is a semi-ruined castle in Perthshire 4 miles upstream from Perth. It is owned by the Earl of Wemyss and gives to him the title of Lord Elcho. The clue to the naming of this street appears to be from the family name, Bingham, of the Earls of Lucan. The 3rd Duke of Abercorn, on whose ground this street is constructed, married in 1894 Lady Bingham the only daughter of the 4th Earl of Lucan. The 9th Earl of Wemyss married in 1817 the second daughter of the Earl of Lucan Lady Louisa Bingham. |
| ELGIN STREET NORTH | 12.9.67 | Formerly East William Street renamed with effect from 1.4.68 because of duplication. For derivation see Elgin Street - Part I. |
| ELLANGOWAN TERRACE | 26.6.52 | Named from one of Sir Walter Scott's novels. In Inch housing scheme- See Ashton Grove. |
| ELLEN'S GLEN LOAN ROAD |
4.5.66 - |
Ellen's Glen sometime known as Helen's Glen situated between the village of Stenhouse and Hyvot's Bank Farm. Ellen's Glen Road formerly Stenhouse Road renamed 4.5.61 because of duplication. |
| ELLIOT STREET Easter Road |
- | The builders when built about 1878 were J. & W. Elliot. |
| ELLIOT GARDENS PARK PLACE ROAD Colinton |
7.2.74 26. 2.31 22.1.30 28.10.26 |
Application was made in 1926 for a street order to name Elliot. The application was made by Miss Margaret Nina Trotter who was owner at the time of Colinton House and estate. She died unmarried 27.4.38. Her sister was Mary Elliot Trotter who also died unmarried 10.5.29. The streets were obviously named by Miss Margaret Trotter in memory of her sister. |
| ELTRINGHAM GARDENS GROVE TERRACE |
5.5.27 30.6.27 18.1.34 |
In 1927 Councillor Mrs. Miller, whose husband Adam Miller was also a Councillor, made arrangements on behalf of a number of persons to free the ground for building houses. In appreciation of her work the owners asked for the street name "Eltringham" which was Mrs. Miller's maiden name. |
| ESSENDEAN PLACE TERRACE |
28.2.57 28.2.57 |
Corporation South Clermiston Housing. Names taken from R.L. Stevenson's novel "Kidnapped", See Alan Breck Gardens. |
| ESSEX BRAE PARK ROAD |
23.6.55 10.3.60 8.9.32 |
The Corporation received a letter from John A.W. Grant, Architect in 1932, asking for approval of this name. A check was made with a firm of this name on l.4.73. Original J.A.W. Grant deceased and the question of derivation could not be answered. |
| ETHEL TERRACE | - | A note exists in the Boog Watson Notes written other than by Boog Watson, "After the builders daughter, Ethel Clarke". |
| ETON TERRACE | - | Built about 1850 this street was to have been called Cambridge Street. As there is an Oxford Street adjacent, it is most probable that the intention was to perpetuate the respective universities. Eton would be the famous school whose pupils more often than not attented these universities. It should, however, be mentioned that the developer of this street was Col. Learmonth of Dean and of Eaton Place, London. There might have been a phonetical error in the use of the name but this is not likely. |
| ETTRICK COURT GROVE |
- 19.1.33 |
The name derives from the Napiers of Merchiston on which estate the streets are constructed. In 1699 the Mistress of Merchiston Castle married Sir William Scott of Thirlestane which is situated on the R. Ettrick. In 1872, followings distinguished service in the diplomatic corps the then Lord Napier was made a Baron and chose the title of Lord Ettrick. See also Ettrick Road - Part I |
| EVA PLACE | - | Built on the Mortonhall Estate owned by the Trotter family. The owner, Major General Sir Henry Trotter of Mortonhall married in 1866 the Hon. Eva Gifford, daughter of the 2nd Baron Gifford. |