Main entry:

Henderson, Jan-Andrew.

Title & Author:

The town below the ground : Edinburgh's legendary underground city / Jan-Andrew Henderson.

Publication:

Edinburgh : Mainstream, 1999.

Description:

172 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt. 1 The History and the Location -- Ancient History -- The First Underground City -The Lands -- The Second Underground City -- The Bridges -- Life in the Underground City -- Where Is It Now? -- Pt. 2 Tales from the Underground City -- Marlin's Wynd -- Mary King's Close -- The Site Where Scotland Died -- The Drummer Boy -- The Worst Poet in the World -- Escape to the West -- Encounter under the North Bridge -- The Foreman -- The Witches' Temple -- Trapped! -- The Ghosts of Whistle Binkies -- The McKenzie Poltergeist -- The City of the Dead.

Summary:

"For almost 250 years Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand its boundaries, it became the most densely populated city in Europe. The towering tenements of the Royal Mile were a direct result of this massive overpopulation and, when the city buildings couldn't get any higher, people were forced to construct new edifices over what was already there. An underground slum developed which existed for over 350 years. Trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers lived in darkness and misery, ignored by chroniclers of the time." "This is the first book to chronicle fully Edinburgh's secret city: its history and structure; its inhabitants and the lives they led; the story of its rediscovery; the amazing tales, both ancient and modern, that made it legendary; the areas where it existed and where to find the parts that remain."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1840182318
9781840182316

Subject:

Underground areas Scotland Edinburgh.
Zones souterraines Écosse Édimbourg.
Underground areas.
Scotland Edinburgh.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210353
Call No.: NA981.E4 H4 1999
Status: Available