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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Description remarks
HOLYROOD PALACE on the Site of HOLYROOD ABBEY			[continued from page 10] with buildings; and on the east there was another court, which was bounded on the north by the chapel Royal on the west by a line of buildings, occupying the same ground as the east side of the present palace, on the south by a row of buildings which are now demolished and on the north by a wall which divided it from St. Ann's Yards. It was next burnt by the soldiers of Cromwell and in fact little of it left standing except the north-west towers already referred to. Cromwell after he became Protector set about the rebuilding of the palace; but Charles II. ordered what had been built by the usurper to be taKen down and the whole to be remodelled on a plan by Sir. William Bruce in 1671. The walls of the eastern side and other parts have been of late years renewed and repaired and the grounds immediately contiguous have been cleared and railed in
THE QUEEN'S PARK	The Queens ParK	See Name BooK Sheet 37	[situation] On the East Side of the City of Edinb. [Edinburgh] For Descriptive RemarKS see Name BooK Sheet 37
THE QUEEN'S DRIVE	The Queen's Drive	See Name BooK Sheet 37	[situation] In the Queen's Park For Descriptive RemarKS see Name BooK Sheet 37.

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Parish of Canongate

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 31
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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