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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CURRIE'S CLOSE Curries Close
Curries Close
A. Masterton
Corner Ticket
[Situation] On East side of Abbey Hill
A few irregularly built houses, leading east from Abbey Hill and turning turning off for a short distance N. [North] the houses are from one to two stories high in bad repair & occupied by the working class.
TENNIS COURT Tennis Court
Tennis Court
James Cowan
Corner Ticket
[Situation] On East side of Abbey Hill
A small court, entry from the east side of Abbey Hill. the houses are from one to 2 stories high in middling repair occupied by tradesmen &c. Its name implies its former use when Holyrood was the seat of regality.
THOMSON'S COURT Thomson's Court
Thomson's Court
James Cowan
A Masterton
[Situation] N. [North] side of Abbey.
Two small courts with entry from Abbey, and a covered entrance between, the houses are 2 stories high in middling repair and occupied by the working class.
SANCTUARY OF HOLYROODHOUSE See Name Book Sheet 37 of Edinburgh

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Parish of Canongate

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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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