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In the late 19th century and early 20th century many breweries left their cramped homes in Edinburgh's old town and moved to the outskirts of the city. Some chose the southwest, in Gorgie around the Slateford Road. Others went for the southeast, around Duddingston and Craigmillar.

The concentration of breweries in the tiny suburb of Duddingston was quite remarkable. Seven breweries within a few hundred yards of each other. Clustered around the railway which must have been one of important factors in choosing Duddingston. That and the wells providing good brewing water.

Take a look at this map from 1918:


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I'm pretty sure I know all seven of the breweries. Just not able to identify them all on a map. These are the details of the breweries:



Duddingston breweries


Brewer
Brewery
opened
closed


Machlachlan (Tennent 1960)
Castle Brewery
1901
1966


Pattisons Ltd. (Robert Deuchar 1899)
Duddingston Brewery
1896
1961


William Murray
Craigmillar Brewery
1887
1950


W & J Raeburn (Robert Younger 1913)
New Brewery
1901
1939


Drybrough
Craigmillar Brewery
1892
1987


T.Y. Patterson & Co. Ltd. (James Aitken 1936)
Pentland Brewery
1901
1936


John Somerville & Co. (William Murray 1922)
North British Brewery
1897
1962


Sources:


"A Century of British Brewers", Barber, 2005.


The Scottish Brewing Archive website




If anyone can identify which brewery is which, I'd be most grateful. To help, here's an aerial photograph that shows most of them:


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WrOQM25d1fk/T3RDiA0R54I/AAAAAAAAI1g/99p3hSVDa0A/s640/Duddingston_breweries_aerial_photo.png (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WrOQM25d1fk/T3RDiA0R54I/AAAAAAAAI1g/99p3hSVDa0A/s1600/Duddingston_breweries_aerial_photo.png)


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