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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CALTON NEW BURYING GROUND | Calton New Burying Ground Calton New Burying Ground |
J. Porteous Thomas Coates |
[Situation] On South Side of Regent Road. A Considerable Area of ground used as a Cemetery in Connection with Calton Old Burying Ground, through which A road having been opened in 1817, this portion was given in lieu of the ground then appropriated, It has Some handsome headstones & Monuments. but None of Any note. All persons who die in the Royal Infirmary or Calton Jail, and not Claimed by their relatives Area buried here. |
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| WATCH TOWER [Calton New Burial Ground] | Watch Tower | [Situation] In Calton New Burying Ground A small circular house in Calton New Burying Ground, 3 Stories high And in good repair, it is occupied by the person who has the Superintendence of the Cemetery ground. |
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[Page] 13Parish of Saint Cuthbert
Watch Tower - Note. It derives its Name, from the fact of its having
been erected As a Watch tower for the persons employed
in watching the Corpses from resurrectionists.
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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Bizzy- Moderator, Molly Miller
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