OS1/11/103/8
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WINDMILL BRAE | Windmill Brae Windmill Brae |
William Lawrie Andrew Thomson |
[Situation] On the north side of the Water of Leith from 8 to 18 Chains west of John Watsons Institution This name applies to a sloping portion of ground on the north side of the Water of Leith On part of it stands the remains of an old windmill which gave rise to the name |
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OLD WINDMILL [John Watson's Institution] | Old Windmill Old Windmill |
William Lawrie Andrew Thomson | [Situation] About 6 Chains west of John Watsons Institution. The walls of an old windmill which is roofless & has been disused for a long time past. a tradition in the locality says it had been used (for sometime previous to it being disused) for grinding forage for food for horses |
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THE HAUGH | The Haugh The Haugh |
William Lawrie Andrew Thomson | [Situation] On the north side of the Water of Leith SW [South West] of Bells Mills. A small stripe of low ground along the Water of Leith. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 8Parish of St. Cuthberts
Form 136 Page
19 - Windmill Brae
19 - Old Windmill [note] Correct this [initials]
19 - The Haugh
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 33OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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Bizzy- Moderator, Nora Edwards, raschdorff
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