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Robert Macfarlane Cameron
Robert Macfarlane Cameron RIBA Deputy Lieutenant, DL (1860–1920) was a 19th/20th century Scottish architect, specialising first in public houses and later in cinemas. Life He was born on 23 July 1860 at 93 South Back of Canongate (now known as Holyrood Road) the son of Robert Cameron. He was educated at George Watson's College then was apprenticed as an architect to David Bryce at 131 George Street from 1875. He stayed with Bryce until 1881 then moved to the offices of Robert Matheson (architect), Robert Matheson, who was then the Clerk of Works for all Scotland. In 1882 he began assisting on the Prison Board for Scotland. A recession in the Scottish building industry caused him to work as a furniture designer in Kirkcaldy for 2 or 3 years, but in 1885 he then bravely opened his own architectural practice in Edinburgh, based at 20 George Street. In 1890 he moved to larger premises at 24 George Street then in 1910 downsized and simply worked from home. He lived his final y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loanhead
Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries. History Loanhead was a tiny village by about 1599, when it was included on a map of the Lothians. It was granted a charter allowing a weekly market and annual fair in 1669. Coal was mined profitably in the area for Sir John Clerk of Penicuik by 1685. The Springfield paper mill, in the valley of the River North Esk to the south of the town, commenced in 1742, while Polton mill followed in 1750. By 1754 Loanhead was a medium-sized settlement. The limestone industry was a source of employment by the late eighteenth century, the works being at Burdiehouse, about a mile to the northwest. The coal industry continued to expand and by 1874 the town was linked to the railway. Shale was mined between Loanhead and Burdiehouse in the late nineteenth century, from 1880 under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
