Meadowbank is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is best known for Meadowbank Stadium, a multi-purpose sports facility that opened as an international sports stadium in 1970.[1] The stadium closed in 2017 and was redeveloped as a local sports and athletics facility that was officially opened on 4 November 2022.[2][3]
History
editThe area developed extensively during the Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded eastwards. Holyrood Park lies to the south of Meadowbank. Meadowbank lodge is a Category C listed lodge, built in 1858, that borders the park and Meadowbank.[4]
Meadowbank Parish Church is named for the Meadowbank area although is located in Abbeyhill.[5] The church was originally called Hollyrood Abbey Church.[5] It is Category B listed and was built in 1899.[5]
Meadowbank retail park lies on the western edge of Meadowbank. The retail park was built in the early 1990s and occupies the former site of a foundry on London Road and a former seven storey Malt house.[6][7]
Geography
editMeadowbank lies to the east of central Edinburgh, bordering Abbeyhill on its western side. To the north of Meadowbank is Lochend and Restalrig. To the east of Meadowbank are the areas of Parsons Green, Jock's Lodge and Piershill.
Transport
editThe A1 road and East Coast Main Line railway to England run through this way.
There were two former train stations in Meadowbank, but these no longer exist. Meadowbank Stadium railway station served the adjacent stadium from 1986 beginning with the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[8] It remained in use until 1998.
Queen's Station
editThe Queen's Station was a private railway station used by Queen Victoria to enable her to reach Holyrood Palace, without the need to travel through the Old Town.[9][10] The station was established in 1850 by the North British Railway and ceased used sometime after 1881.[9] On 29 August 1851, Queen Victoria arrived at the station and was met by a large military escort and crowds.[11]
Notable residents
editDuncan Shaw, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland grew up in a tenement flat in Meadowbank.[12]
References
edit- ^ Inglis, Simon (1987). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. p. 341. ISBN 0-00-218249-1.
- ^ "Meadowbank Sports Centre". Edinburgh Leisure. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Official opening at Meadowbank Sports Centre next weekend". Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "HOLYROOD PARK, MEADOWBANK LODGE (Category C Listed Building) (LB49513)". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "83 LONDON ROAD, HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND) (Category B Listed Building) (LB48539)". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh, Meadowbank, London Road, London Road Foundry (76908)". Canmore. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh, Meadowbank, Marionville Road, Moray Park Maltings (162907)". Canmore. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Holder, Geoff (2013). The Little Book of Edinburgh. History Press. ISBN 9780752492964.
- ^ a b "The private Edinburgh train station only Queen Victoria was allowed to use". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Campbell, Donald (2023). Edinburgh. A Cultural and Literary History. Signal. p. 197. ISBN 9781902669731.
- ^ Anderson, John (1856). A History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Period to the Completion of the Half Century 1850. A. Fullarton & Company. pp. 560–561.
- ^ "The Very Rev Duncan Shaw". The Times. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2023.