Blackhall, Edinburgh

Blackhall
Blackhall
	Blackhall
	Blackhall Location within Edinburgh
OS grid reference	NT215745
Council area	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 Western;
	List of places UK Scotland Edinburgh 55°57′31.63″N 3°15′11.07″W / 55.9587861°N 3.2530750°W

Blackhall is a suburb in the north west of the Scottish capital city Edinburgh.

According to Stuart Harris in The Place Names Of Edinburgh the "Black-" in the placename could derive either from the Anglian blaec or Scots blac meaning simply black, and the "-hall" ending is from the Anglian halh or Scots haugh meaning land beside or in the bend of a river.

Blackhall is a mainly residential area with amenities including a library and a small number of shops. Most of the housing in the neighbourhood was constructed in the inter-war period, although the recent housing boom has seen new development on the north east slope of Corstorphine Hill. This development went ahead despite considerable opposition from the local community and an unusual planning quirk which allowed the development to go ahead based on forty-year-old outline permission.^{[citation needed]} Blackhall has numerous community and church-based groups including a bowling club, two Probus Clubs, and a horticultural society. There is a local community council, Craigleith/Blackhall, that serves the area.

The local school, Blackhall Primary School, has recently been extended and parts rebuilt, as has the local Royal High School which serves Blackhall.

One of the main arterial routes of the city goes through the area, which borders Drylaw, Davidson's Mains, and Craigcrook.

Notable residents

John Horne lived at 12 Keith Crescent^[1]
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (1773–1850), judge and editor of the Edinburgh Review.^[2] There is a street named after him in Blackhall

References

^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1911-12
^ Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.

External links

[1] Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1911-12

[Bell-2] Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.

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