Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground
Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland which is located on Sciennes House Place. Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground is situated nearby to Map Library, as well as near Grange Road Post Office.- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Braid Place Cemetery” and “Old Jewish Cemetery”
- Address: Sciennes House Place, Edinburgh
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Museum of Scotland.
Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground.
Queen’s Hall
Theater building
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The Queen's Hall is a performance venue in the Southside, Edinburgh, Scotland. The building opened in 1824 as Hope Park Chapel and reopened as the Queen's Hall in 1979. Queen’s Hall is situated 1,300 feet north of Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sciennes and Southside, Edinburgh.
Sciennes
Suburb
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Sciennes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated approximately two kilometres south of the city centre. It is a mainly residential district, although it is also well known as the site of the former Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Southside, Edinburgh
Suburb
The Southside is an area of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, located between its historic Old Town, Holyrood Park and the neighbourhood of Newington.
Mayfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mayfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about one mile south from the city centre, with Craigmillar to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is also the name of several streets in the area.
Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground
- Category: burial
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93764° or 55° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.18155° or 3° 10′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRQ9+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 134975990OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
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