Canongate

View of Canongate towards Holyroodhouse (towards the East).
The Tolbooth can be seen on the left
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Canongate

Smollett stayed in Canongate in 1766 (n°190, plaque above, on the right-hand side of the street in the preceding view)
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Canongate is the section of the Royal Mile (linking the Castle to the palace of Holyroodhouse) closest to Holyrood ; it was outside Edinburgh, and, as a suburb in the vicinity of the palace, it was a fashionable place of residence