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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSEMBLY STREET [Dumfries] | Assembly Street Assembly Street Assembly Street |
Corner Board A. Wardrobe Map of Town 1819 |
055 | [Situation] heading in a N.E. [North East] direction from White Sands to High Street. A Short Street leading off White Sands, to the High Street. It is paved and drained and partly lighted wit gas. The houses are of a tolerably good description- from 2 to 3 Storeys in height - occupied by respectable families. In it is the Old Assembly rooms, lately occupied as Reading rooms. |
| GEORGE INN CLOSE [Dumfries] | George Inn Close George Inn Close |
J.H.Bell William Gray |
055 | [Situation] On the S.W. [South West] Side of High Street between Assembly St. and Nith Place. - A wide Close well paved and drained leading from High Street to Irish Street.- It constitutes the back premises belonging to the George Inn. |
| GEORGE INN [Dumfries] | George Inn George Inn George Inn |
William Clarke Archibald Hamilton Robert Kemp Esqre. |
055 | [Situation] Inn George Inn Close A large and well constructed house 3 Storeys high This was formerly the principal Inn in Dumfries, And was Subsequently occupied as a Temperance Hotel.- The property of William Clarke of the Commercial Inn.- |
| SOUTHERNGATE BRAE | Southergate Brae Southergate Brae Southergate Brae Southerngate Brae Southerngate Brae Southerngate Brae Southerngate Brae |
Mr. Halliday Mr. Hunter Mr. Fraser LIst of Voters for Dumfries John McCormack Robert Burns Thomas Wood [Hamishfield] |
055 | [Situation] At the South end of High St. The part of the High Street extending from Assembly Street to Nith Place .- So called from its Approach to the South Port or gate. The Name As p [per ] the authorities is evidently a corruption of Southerngate the word Souther implying in Scotch Solder Tho' improperly used in the adverb "Southerly" it is not [used] as an adjective. |
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Parish of Dumfries -- Plan 55.3. -- [Page] 159Below Southerngate Brae " N.S. Cap.S.E. & "
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