OS1/13/118/6
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GOLFDRUM STREET | Golfdrum Street Golfdrum Street Golfdrum Street |
Mr Kilgour (Town Clerk) Erskine Beveridge (Provost) Mr Lambert (Dunfermline) |
035 | [Situation] Leading Easterly fr. [from] Coal Road A tolerably long street extending from Woodhead Street to the Coal Road. the houses on both sides are pretty good and varies from one to two stories in height, they are occupied generally by weavers. This street took its name from an eminence or ridge extending East and West on which James VI used to play at the national game of Golf |
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