Roslin remembered – photographs from the Bryce Collection

Roslin Village in The Bryce Collection

Horse-drawn buses at the cross, with the Royal Hotel (built 1868) on the left and The Original Rosslyn Inn (1857) to the right.

Dryden Place, looking towards the Main Street

Looking along Penicuik Road towards the Parish Church (former Free Church), dated 1880.

Royal Hotel and Main Street in snow, 24th April 1908

The Free Kirk (now Church of Scotland) on Penicuik Road. The foundation stone was laid in March 1880 and the building was opened in May 1881.

Carriage outside the Roslin Hotel (now The Original Rosslyn Inn)

Horse-drawn bus (number 24), to carry 29 passengers, outside the Original Rosslyn Inn

Post Office, Main Street

Village smiddy, Penicuik Road

Main street under snow, April 1908

Gala Day Parade along Main Street

Harvesters at work towards the rear of Main Street in what is now the public park

Roslin Post Office and draper’s shop run by the Bryce family, with postcards in the window using photographs from the Bryce Collection.

A ‘four in hand’ leaving Main Street.

Carriages with four horses were introduced into Britain in the late 19th century and designed in such a way that the driver could hold the reins of all four horses in one hand.

Grocer’s shop on Main Street, with grocer John & Jane Judge and their son

This house, on the village crossroads, became the Parsonage for the Chapel’s Priest after the Chapel’s rededication in 1862 and remained in this use until 1965.

The Royal Hotel (built 1868) and looking along Penicuik Road

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Visitor guide Megan Finlay takes a closer look at The Lady Chapel, the most ornately carved area of Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, Midlothian, which has been illuminated with newly refurbished lighting to allow visitors to see more of the detailed stone work. Picture date: Tuesday February 4, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire