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Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
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Cockburn Street is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town,[1] created as a serpentine link from the High Street to Waverley Station in 1856.[2] Originally named Lord Cockburn Street[3] after the then recently-deceased Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure Henry, Lord Cockburn who was influential in urging his fellow citizens to remain vigilant in ensuring that early-Victorian expansion, e.g. improvements such as Cockburn Street, did not irrevocably damage or obliterate the built heritage and environment. Lord Cockburn's head is carved over the entrance to 1 Cockburn Street (the former Cockburn Hotel) which now serves as offices for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The street contains a series of small specialist shops.
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