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Edinburgh Town Guide, Dean Village, 4K

As Edinburgh grew in the 18th and 19th centuries, it gradually absorbed several surrounding towns and villages into its boundaries, one of them being the Dean Village.

Edinburgh Town Guide, The Village, 1K Dean Village lies to the north west of central Edinburgh, bordering the Water of Leith. The name is derived from the word "dene" which means "deep valley".

For several centuries Dean was a thriving mill town with at one stage 11 working mills on this small stretch of river.

However by the 19th century, several bigger mills had been built at Leith and so Dean Village lost much of its trade. For many decades Dean Village went into serious decline and the village gained a reputation for derelict buildings and poverty.

However more recent years have seen dramatic improvements. Many of the old mill buildings have been converted into highly desirable flats, and the village is slowly being restored to a picturesque corner of Edinburgh.




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