Meadowbank, Edinburgh
Meadowbankis asuburbofEdinburghinScotland.It is best known forMeadowbank Stadium,a multi-purpose sports facility that opened as an international sports stadium in 1970.[1]The stadium closed in 2017 and was redeveloped as a local sports and athletics facility that was officially opened on 4 November 2022.[2][3]
History
[edit]The area developed extensively during theVictorian eraas Edinburgh expanded eastwards.Holyrood Parklies to the south of Meadowbank. Meadowbank lodge is a Category C listed lodge, built in 1858, that borders the park and Meadowbank.[4]
Meadowbank Parish Churchis named for the Meadowbank area although is located in Abbeyhill.[5]The church was originally called Hollyrood Abbey Church.[5]It is Category B listed and was built in 1899.[5]
Meadowbank retail park lies on the western edge of Meadowbank. The retail park was built in the early 1990s and occupies the former site of afoundryon London Road and a former seven storeyMalt house.[6][7]
Geography
[edit]Meadowbank lies to the east of central Edinburgh, borderingAbbeyhillon its western side. To the north of Meadowbank isLochendandRestalrig.To the east of Meadowbank are the areas of Parsons Green,Jock's LodgeandPiershill.
Transport
[edit]TheA1 roadandEast Coast Main Linerailway toEnglandrun through this way.
There were two former train stations in Meadowbank, but these no longer exist.Meadowbank Stadium railway stationserved the adjacent stadium from 1986 beginning with the1986 Commonwealth Games.[8]It remained in use until 1998.
Queen's Station
[edit]The Queen's Station was a private railway station used byQueen Victoriato enable her to reachHolyrood Palace,without the need to travel through theOld Town.[9][10]The station was established in 1850 by theNorth British Railwayand ceased used sometime after 1881.[9]On 29 August 1851, Queen Victoria arrived at the station and was met by a large military escort and crowds.[11]
Notable residents
[edit]Duncan Shaw,a formerModerator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotlandgrew up in a tenement flat in Meadowbank.[12]
References
[edit]- ^Inglis, Simon (1987).Football Grounds of Britain.Collins Willow. p. 341.ISBN0-00-218249-1.
- ^"Meadowbank Sports Centre".Edinburgh Leisure.Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^"Official opening at Meadowbank Sports Centre next weekend".Edinburgh Reporter.Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^Historic Environment Scotland."HOLYROOD PARK, MEADOWBANK LODGE (Category C Listed Building) (LB49513)".Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^abcHistoric Environment Scotland."83 LONDON ROAD, HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND) (Category B Listed Building) (LB48539)".Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^Historic Environment Scotland."Edinburgh, Meadowbank, London Road, London Road Foundry (76908)".Canmore.Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^Historic Environment Scotland."Edinburgh, Meadowbank, Marionville Road, Moray Park Maltings (162907)".Canmore.Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^Holder, Geoff (2013).The Little Book of Edinburgh.History Press.ISBN9780752492964.
- ^ab"The private Edinburgh train station only Queen Victoria was allowed to use".Edinburgh Live.Retrieved4 January2023.
- ^Campbell, Donald (2023).Edinburgh. A Cultural and Literary History.Signal. p. 197.ISBN9781902669731.
- ^Anderson, John (1856).A History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Period to the Completion of the Half Century 1850.A. Fullarton & Company. pp. 560–561.
- ^"The Very Rev Duncan Shaw".The Times.23 March 2018.Retrieved4 January2023.
