Stockbridge Market

Had a New Year's Day walk in Stockbridge, very cold but it meant we could justify coming back to the flat to eat cakes and watch telly, having had our exercise.

Here is some history about Stockbridge:

Stockbridge is an area of Edinburgh, located towards the north of the city, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg, meaning a timber bridge. Originally a small outlying village, it was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh in the 19th century. The current "Stock Bridge", a stone structure, was built in 1801 and spans the Water of Leith. The painter Henry Raeburn (1756?1823) owned two adjoining estates, Deanhaugh and St Bernard?s, which he developed with the assistance of the architect James Milne. Milne was also responsible for the fine St Bernard's Church (1823) in Saxe Coburg Street. Ann Street, designed by Raeburn and named after his wife, is a rare early example of a New Town street with private front gardens.