Drylaw

Drylaw
Drylaw
	Telford Drive
	Drylaw Location within the City of Edinburgh council area Drylaw Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NT2275
Civil parish	Edinburgh;
Council area	City of Edinburgh;
Lieutenancy area	Edinburgh;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH4
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh North and Leith; Edinburgh West;
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Northern and Leith; Edinburgh Western;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°57′58″N 3°14′35″W / 55.966°N 3.243°W

Drylaw is an area in the north west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located between Blackhall and Granton. It forms the community of Drylaw–Telford.^[1] Drylaw used to belong to the younger branch of the Foresters of Corstorphine.^[2] Formerly the estate of Drylaw House, built in 1718, the home of the Loch family,^[3] the area became the site of a major housing scheme in the 1950s designed to rehouse the occupants of Leith. It is on the A902 road. Its name comes from the Scots language and means "hill without a spring".

Buildings[edit]

see^[4]

Old Drylaw House, now ruinous, a small mansion dating from the early 17th century
Drylaw House, a classical mansion dating from 1718 with alterations of 1786
Drylaw Parish Church, by Sir William Kininmonth 1956

Notable residents[edit]

Baron Loch of Drylaw
Admiral Francis Erskine Loch (1788–1868) born and raised in Drylaw House
Graham Hastings of the band Young Fathers was raised in Drylaw.

References[edit]

^ "Drylaw–Telford Community Council". Neighbourhood Partnerships. Edinburgh City Council. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ Warrender, Margaret (29 July 2015). Walks near Edinburgh.
^ "Home - Edinburgh Past and Present". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford McWilliam and Walker

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[1] "Drylaw–Telford Community Council". Neighbourhood Partnerships. Edinburgh City Council. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[2] Warrender, Margaret (29 July 2015). Walks near Edinburgh.

[3] "Home - Edinburgh Past and Present". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[4] Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford McWilliam and Walker

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