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Newhaven (Édimbourg)
Newhaven est un district de la ville d'Édimbourg en Écosse, à environ 3 km au nord du centre de la ville. C'était historiquement un village et un port de pêche. La population est d'environ 5 000 habitants en 1991. Newhaven a été désigné en tant qu'aire protégée (conservation area) en 1977.
1. Histoire
Entre 1572 et 1890 Newhaven était un port important pour les huîtres; il était aussi impliqué dans la pêche à la baleine. Un phare a été construit à l'entrée du port en 1869.
Le tramway d'Edimbourg relie Newhaven au centre ville depuis juin 2023.
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1. Notes et références
1. Liens externes
(en) « Scotland's Landscape : Newhaven », sur bbc.co.uk (consulté le 8 avril 2023)
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Newhaven, Edinburgh
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Formerly a village and harbour on the Firth of Forth, it had a population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants at the 1991 census. Newhaven was designated a conservation area, one of 40 such areas in Edinburgh, in 1977. It has a very distinctive building form, typical of many Scottish fishing villages, with a "forestair" leading to accommodation at first floor level. The lower ground floor was used for storing nets.
More modern housing dating from the 1960s has replicated the style of these older buildings. Victoria Primary School, created in 1844, is a historic, listed building in Newhaven Main Street and was the oldest council primary school still in use within the City of Edinburgh council area until pupils and staff moved to a new building across in Western Harbour in 2021. It latterly had a school roll of around 145 children. The site has now been acquired under the Community Asset Transfer scheme, by the Heart of Newhaven Community, a volunteer-led charity, who will be running it as a community hub.
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