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Honour for historic close last residents
Scottish Daily Express
|March 09, 2026
THE “hardworking” final residents of a celebrated 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 in Edinburgh.
Situated just off the Royal Mile, the site has been preserved as a popular tourist attraction.
The Chesneys were buried in an unmarked grave but research has now revealed the spot. And those
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who run the tourist attraction, The Real Mary King's Close, have unveiled a grave marker for them.
Andrew was a saw-maker whose family business - Chesney and Son Saw-makers - operated beneath the Royal Mile for years. It was one of the last businesses on the close before commercial activity ceased at the start of the 20th century.
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