OS1/11/102/7
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ST MARGARET'S STATION | St. Margaret's Station St. Margaret's Station |
Mr Smith, St. Margaret's The Clerk of the Works |
[Situation] North of the London Road, about eight chains west of Piershill Barracks This name applies to several large buildings used as worKshops carriage depot & other uses by the North British Railway near Meadow BanK, having extensive works for the Manufacture and repair of Railway Carriages, Locomotive Engines &c. It is also used as a depot for Carriages, Trucks, and Engines. Adjoining this Station is a small Gas WorK Which supplies this Establishment, and the Railway Station at Edinburgh with Gas. Proprietors, The N.B. [North British] Railway Company (About 400 men are constantly employed in these works) although not used (in the common acceptation of the term) as a Railway Station yet still the name St Margarets is well established. It was formerly inted to be a station for Jocks Lodge & neighbourhood. |
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| NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY WORKS AND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT | St. Margarets Station North British Railway Works & Locomotive Depot. St. Margarets Depot St. Margarets Station North British Railway Works St. Margaret's Station St Margaret's Station |
Inscription on Door Plate City Map P.O. [Post Office] Directory Notice in Scotsman Newspaper Peter McLean Workman at the Station. |
[Situation] North of the London Road, about eight chains west of Piershill Barracks This name applies to several large buildings used as worKshops carriage depot & other uses by the North British Railway near Meadow BanK, having extensive works for the Manufacture and repair of Railway Carriages, Locomotive Engines &c. It is also used as a depot for Carriages, Trucks, and Engines. Adjoining this Station is a small Gas WorK Which supplies this Establishment, and the Railway Station at Edinburgh with Gas. Proprietors, The N.B. [North British] Railway Company (About 400 men are constantly employed in these works) although not used (in the common acceptation of the term) as a Railway Station yet still the name St Margarets is well established. It was formerly inted to be a station for Jocks Lodge & neighbourhood. |
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 32OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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