Salvesen

Houses in these streets were built by the Scottish Veterans’ Garden City Association, a charity established in 1915 (during World War I) to provide houses in Scotland for disabled ex-Servicemen and women. The streets were named after the former chairman of the organisation, Lord Salvesen, who had died in 1942. Lord Salvesen was a lawyer, politician and judge and was the son of Christian Salvesen, who set up the shipping line, based in Leith.

Many of the houses carry plaques to record the generosity of the organisations that paid for their construction.

This area seems to have been farmland previously, possibly part of Muirhouse Mains farm.

The Scottish Veterans’s Garden City Association had also built houses at Earl Haig Gardens, Trinity, after World War I.

This street was named on 13 May 1948.

This street was named on 13 May 1948.

This street was named in 1950.

This street was named on 13 May 1948.