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Burghs: development ofEdinburgh 1550 to 1650 One reason for the markedly different rates of population increase between the southern and northern quarters of the town was terrain. On the steepest parts of the ridge, above St Giles' and to the north of the High Street, only well-built and expensive multi-storeyed tenements, such as Gladstone's Land which sti ll stands, were likely to accommodate growing numbers. Further similar building, behind the market frontage of the Lawnmarket, had to wait until the 1670s. But two other patterns lay behind the population increase of 95% Nor' Loch NW2 NW3 Castle , , 61 Business ' , ? . ---. ,~ Households Ti-'f----------\'\ e er's Wall \: on the south side: cheaper building and the filling-in of backlands was more viable in the south-east quarter between the High Street and the Cowgate where the slope slackened; and growth made heavy demands on south-west 3 and north-west I, where much ofthe town's stables and unpleasant industries had long been sited. The former was a novel pattern in burgh settlement, for rich and poor had until then mixed more closely together, often separated more by storeys oftenements (the poor at street level) rather than by richer and poorer geographic quarters. ~LTONHILL NE2 Canongate ....38 31 ," , 0 '. Netherbow h Stree --_ _ _ _ _ _ -=:::o:::rt==== NE3 27 ..... 31 , SE2 SEI _ 28 56 Development of Edinburgh: average rents of households 1635 These more sharply defined divisions in settlement patterns ness premises, too. reflect the gulf between the merchant's or mon are confirmed by different levels of household rent, which ranged eylender's booth and the skinner's or candlemaker's workshop, typi from the £360 in the Lawnmarket to £4 barely 300 yards away, on cally pushed to the urban periphery. the south side of Grassmarket. The varying levels of rent for busi- Metres 105 Development of Edinburgh: relief ML 457

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