OS1/11/105/203
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GRASS MARKET | Grass MarKet Grass MarKet |
Corner TicKet J. Carmichael Market Officer |
[Situation] A Short distance S. [South] of Castle Hill A wide street or [---] an oblong square or area [---]ing from West Port and [---] Stables to the West Bow [---] Cowgate Head. It is well [---] & Kept tolerably clean and Supplied with gas. The [houses] each side are irregularly [built] and from 2 to 5 storeys high. [---] number of them are old and [---] indifferent repair but many [---] are also well & of modern [erection]. All the lower storeys of the [houses] are shops in various lines of [business] but chiefly provision [---] and those for the sale of [spirituous] liquors. A horse marKet is [held] here every Wednesday and a [---] fair once a year in November. |
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[Page] 203Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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Words lost in foldThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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