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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BULL'S CLOSE Bull's Close
Bull's Close
Name above entrance
P. O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On South side of Canogate.
A dirty irregular close. the [houses are] old and in bad repair with [wooden] projections in the old Style occupied by poor people, It is entered [by] a low archway from the [Canongate]
STEWART'S CLOSE Stewart's Close
Stewart's Close
Name above entrance
P. O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On South side of Canongate.
A short narrow dirty close in which are a few small old houses which are in bad repair. occupied by Poor Working people,
STRATHIE'S CLOSE Strathie's Close
Strathie's Close
Name above entrance
P. O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On South side of Canongate.
A dirty and narrow Close entered from Cnongate. It contains several dwellings

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[Page] 140
Parish of Canongate . 44

Note Strathie's Close [note]
Apostrophe omitted
on the Plan

Transcriber's notes

Words lost in fold

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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Bizzy- Moderator, Molly Miller

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