OS1/21/5/181
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MINER SQUARE | Miner Square | Same as above | 012.05 | |
OLD CHAPEL SQUARE | Old Chapel Square Old Chapel Square | Corner Ticket James Neilson Esqr | 012.05 | These names apply to houses, occupied by colliers & workmen etc, east of the "Congregational Chapel" & close to it, and it cannot be said that they are more than conveinent terms given by the Proprietor _ W. Neilson Esquire, for the distinguishing of the row of colliers' dwellings from another in order to collect rents etc, They are not Known much, nor are they regarded as proper names at present, "Miner Square" is used without a possessive. |
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"Miner Square" is listed after "Old Chapel Square" on this page, and the "authorities" are therefore "Same as above." One paragraph of "Description remarks" pertains to both listings together.In the final sentence of "Descriptive remarks the "r" of Miner" is underlined.
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