Davidson's Mains Heritage in Pictures: Here are 27 fascinating photos of the Edinburgh neighbourhood in the 1950s and 1960s

Formerly a village outside the city boundary, Davidson's Mains was absorbed into Edinburgh in 1920.

Surrounded by the neighbourhoods of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes and Blackhall, it’s named after William Davidson, a wealthy merchant who owned the earby estate of Muirhouse.

Meanwhile, ‘Mains’ is simply a Scots word that means ‘home farm’.

It was formerly known by the less-than-attractive name of Muttonhole, but the new moniker was adopted in 1952 (although residents still used the old name for years to come).

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Quality Street was added to the original village, of which several cottages still survive, in 1827, with the church arriving in 1843 and the railway station in 1894 - the latter leading to the building of new residential villas in the surrounding area.

The station closed, along with the rest of the Barnton Line, in 1962, but Davidson’s Mains remains a desirable place to live.

Here are 27 pictures from The Scotsman archive to take you back to the Davidson’s Mains of the 1950s and 1960s.

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