The current Stock Bridge bridge which crosses the Water of Leith form Deanhagh Street to Raeburn Place replaced the original 'Stock' or timber foot bridge that crossed the water of Leith (stocc brycg) and spanned the estates of Deanhaugh and St. Bernards.

As the plague reads it was erected in 1786, commisisoned by Henry Reaburn and designed by Architect James Milne. The Bridge as it is today was widened and improved in 1900 -01 by the Lord Provost James Steel and engineer David C. Proudfoot.