This unique photograph of 1876 shows the cathedral before its restoration in 1983. In the foreground are Victorian railway trucks, and behind them the old mill dam. Beyond the Grassyard, or Bishop's Yard, with linen spread out to bleach. Prior to the Reformation this area was the garden of the palace of the Bishop of the Cathedral. from 1689 it was as used as such by successive ministers who allowed the townsfolk access to it through the manse grounds. In 1818 the then minister petitioned to restrict its use but in 1842 the Barons of the Exchequer granted the ground to the community for use as a bleaching green, and a stone pillar still stands here to commemorate this. In 1933 the Bishops's Yard was purchased by the Town Council of Dunblane for the benefit of the community.

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