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Edinburgh College of Domestic Science

The Edinburgh College of Domestic Science founded in 1875 as the Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, moved to no. 3 Atholl Crescent in 1891. By 1970, when the college moved to Clermiston, it occupied no.s 1-8 and No.s 15-17 and was known around the world as "Atholl Crescent".

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