Edinburgh Napier University

Notable dates:

1250

The recorded history of the lands of Craiglockhart begins with Lockhart of Lee.

1324

The lands are donated to John of Cowie.

1505

Thomas Kincaid is granted ownership by the King.

17th century

There are six recorded owners including Alexander Monro, Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University.

1863

The lands are sold to the City of Edinburgh Parochial Board.

1877

Thirteen acres of the land is feued to the Craiglockhart Hydropathic Company, who subsequently open the Craiglockhart Hydropathic in 1880.

1916 -1919

The building is taken over by the Government as a military hospital for the treatment of shell-shocked officers during the First World War.

1920

The Hydropathic is closed and the building and lands sold to the Society of the Sacred Heart, who open a school and training college for Roman Catholic teachers.

1986

The college is bought by Napier College of Commerce and Technology, now Edinburgh Napier University.