Main Point, The
Formerly the 'Two-penny Custom', the first map reference is Kirkwood 1817 and refers to the main route to the town by way of the West port, from the arterial roads of Lauriston Street, the High Riggs, East Fountainbridge and Bread Street.

The 'gushet' house on the corner of High Riggs and East Fountainbridge (Main Point House) was built around 1770 with purpose built shop below. The Public House frontage was added in 1897 and an extra storey in 1906.

Melville Drive
Named after a Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir John Melville, who opened the road in 1859.

The pillars on either side and at each end of Melville Drive were built in 1886 as part of the International Exhibition of Industry, Art and Science.

Morrison Street
When first built, this street ran from Haymarket to Dewar Place only, and was named after William Morrison, writer, of the late 18th century, whose lands were called Morrison Park. Sections of this street were previously called Grove Place, Rosehall Place, Rosemount, (part of) Orchardfield, Jamaica Street, Romilly Place and Street, Spence's Place, Tobago Street, Castlebarns and St Antony's Place, and have now been incorporated into the single named street. Originally it was called the Road to Falkirk.