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A tweet for #WorldTownPlanningDay from the @natlibscotmaps earlier threw up a reminder of one of my favourite less weel kent features of the Edinburgh New Town 
@natlibscotmaps Why on earth does Craig's regular Georgian grid of Princes/George/Queen Street of 1768 meet his 1773 Georgian Square of St. James at such a jarring angle? What's all that about?
@natlibscotmaps Clue 1 is in those dates. The two were planned 5 years apart. On his 1768 plan, the St. James area is still the Feu of Clelland's Yards, a gardens and nursery land and some buildings on a regular plan but offset at about 47 degrees from the New Town
