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Lawnmarket
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A corruption of "land market," Lawnmarket is the second of the streets that make up the Royal Mile. It was formerly the site of the produce market for the city, with a once-a-week special sale of wool and linen. Now it's home to Gladstone's Land and the Writers' Museum. At different times the Lawnmarket Courts housed James Boswell, David Hume, and Robert Burns. In nearby Brodie's Close in the 1770s lived the infamous Deacon Brodie, pillar of society by day and a murdering gang leader by night. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) may well have used Brodie as the inspiration for his Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- Address: Between Castlehill and High St., Old Town, Edinburgh
- Location: Old Town
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