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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Neil Pooran

Final residents of historic close honoured with grave marker after 100 years

A grave marker for the Chesneys was placed (TRMKC) -

The “hardworking” final residents of a historic Edinburgh alleyway have been honoured with a marker for their graves, almost a century after they died.

Andrew and Margaret Chesney were the last people to work on Mary King’s Close, a historic location off the Royal Mile which has been preserved as a popular tourist attraction.

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