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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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
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
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.

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Parish of St. Cuthberts

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19 - Windmill Brae
19 - Old Windmill [note] Correct this [initials]
19 - The Haugh

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 33
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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