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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOVERNOR'S HOUSE Governor's House
Governor's House
W. MacPherson
H. Brown
[Situation] the S W. [South West] End of Edinburgh Prison
A small but handsome castellated building in the S. [South] Western portion of the Edinburgh Prison it is set apart as the residence of the governor of the prison for the time being.
THE BRIDEWELL or MIDDLE DIVISION (Female Wards) [Edinburgh Prison] The Bridewell or Middle Division (female wards)
The Bridewell or Middle Division (female wards)
W. MacPherson
H. Brown
[Situation] The Middle Portion of Edinburgh Prison
A large building of a Semi-Circular form, it has five floors the highest one is used as Store Rooms and an hospital, All round on each floor at the middle of the breadth is a corridor with cells on each side lighted respectively from the interior & exterior of the curvature. This prison is altogether set apart for females. It Contains 185 habitable cells. but no Solitary Confinement

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Parish of the City of Edinburgh

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

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