Edinburgh - Accounting Museum

 The Museum on the Mound houses a collection relating to the history of the Royal Bank of Scotland, now part of the Lloyds Banking Group.

Museum on the Mound

Museum on the Mound IJ

The Bank of Scotland was founded in 1695 to support Scottish Business. At that point in time Scotland was an independent country, the Act of Union with England not being signed in 1704.

Bank of Scotland original ledgers and documents

The origins of Lloyds Bank lay with the formation of the Taylor and Lloyds Bank in Birmingham in 1765, by John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd. The association between the Taylor and Loyd family ended in 1852, and in 1865 became Lloyds Bank. It adopted the Black Horse logo in 1884.

Lloyds Bank history

The museum follows the development of the banking system and money from the early days of hand written ledgers through to modern computerised systems.

First calculator 1851 Tates Patent Arithmometer

Banking system development

Electronic Banking System

The Bank of Scotland issued it's first bank notes on its formation in 1695 , and continued to do so after the action of the Union in 1704. The practice of Scottish Banks issuing their banknotes continues today.

An exhibit shows what One Million Pounds in Scottish £20 bank notes looks like. 

One Million Pounds

One Million Pounds One Million Pounds VM

Edinburgh - Shen Yun Chines Dance Show

 

Edinburgh - Zeppelin Raid 1916

 On the night of 2nd / 3rd April 1916 the first ever air raid in Scotland occurred when Zeppelin L14 bombed Edinburgh.

Zeppelin L14 over flying Edinburgh

The first air raid by a Zeppelin on Britain occurred on the evening 19th / 20th January 1915 when Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth were attacked. Subsequent air raids occurred during 1915 and early 1916. London was the main target, with raids also occurring in the Midlands and North East of England. 

The first raid on Scotland was part of an attack by 8 Zeppelins on the North East Coast of Britain, and the naval base of the Grand Fleet on the River Forth at Rosyth. The German intent included three Zeppelins attacking Rosyth. 

Only Zeppelin L14 dropped bombs which landed in Leith, Holyrood Park, and around the Castle.

One bomb landed in the Grass Market and one on the Castle Rocks south west of the castle. 

Edinburgh Castle and Grass Market c.WW1

Edinburgh Castle and Grass Market 2023

Edinburgh Castle and Grass Market bomb locations

Edinburgh Castle rocks bomb location

The bomb that landed in the Grassmarket impacted near the White Hart pub blowing in windows and damaging buildings.

Grassmarket April 1916 - crowds inspect damage

Grassmarket January 2023

A stone marks the site in the Grassmarket where the bomb dropped.

Grassmarket bomb marker near White Hart

Grassmarket bomb marker

This stone marks the site

of a bomb dropped from 

Zeppelin Airship L14 

on the night of 2nd April 1916

The White Hart

The White Hart

The White Hart
Edinburgh Castle and Grassmarket