Excerpt from Sidelights on Scottish History To take a brief survey of the streets z - Lawn market gained its title from the stalls or booths set up there on market days for the sale of linen goods. From thence a curiously crooked and steep lane, known as West Bow (supplanted in modern days by Victoria Street), led to the Grassmarket, devoted, as its name implies, to the sale of hay and corn, and to the West Port. From Grassmarket, Cowgate opened out its title suggests pastoral surroundings, and in the Sixteenth century it was a wide road, bordered by grass and shady trees, with a clear stream running through it. This, from the days of James was the aristocratic quarter in which stood the mansions of the rich and great; Arch bishop Beaton (of Glasgow), when Lord High Treasurer, had a splendid residence here; so also had the Earl of Haddington, styled by James VI. Tam o' the Cowgate. From the upper level of the Lawn market, High Street stretched eastward to meet Canongate; innumerable wynds and closes, branch ing out Southwards, connected the parallel streets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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