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Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh
Morningside Cemetery is a cemetery in south Edinburgh. It was established in 1878 by the Metropolitan Cemetery Company, originally just outwith the then city boundary, the nearest suburb then being Morningside. It extends to just over 13 acres in area. The cemetery contains 81 war graves. The cemetery contains the graves of several important female figures; including a female air commandant, Scotland's first female surgeon, the first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and many church missionaries. Sir Edward Victor Appleton GBE KCB FRS (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) who was an English physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1947) and pioneer in radiophysics is also buried here.
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Morningside Road railway station
Morningside Road railway station is a former railway station in the Morningside area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally named Morningside Station, it was opened by the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (ESSJR) in 1884 and closed to passengers in 1962. The station buildings still remain, and the railway track is still in use.
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Morningside, Edinburgh
Morningside is a district and former village in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies alongside the main arterial Morningside Road, part of an ancient route from Edinburgh to the south west of Scotland. The original village served several farms and estates in the area. In the 19th century, it developed as a residential suburb, its growth being stimulated by the arrival of a railway service and other transport improvements.
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Royal Edinburgh Hospital
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian.
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Edinburgh Wild West
The Edinburgh Wild West (also known as El Paso) is a lane in Morningside, Edinburgh, in Scotland that was decorated with American West–style façades as an advertisement for a local furniture company. Although it has since fallen into disrepair, it has become an informal tourist attraction.