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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MELVILLE CRESCENT | Melville Crescent Melville Crescent Melville Crescent |
Corner Ticket John Smith Post Office Directory |
[Situation] Intersecting Melville Street & Walker Street. This name applies to a place forming a sort of square and intersecting Melville Street and Walker Street In the centre of the place is a small plot of ornamental ground enclosed. |
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| MELVILLE STREET | Melville Street Melville Street Melville Street |
Corner Ticket Inscripn [Inscription] on Lamp posts Post office Directory |
[Situation] NE [North East] & SW. [South West] of Melville Crescent. This name applies to the street extending SW. [South West] and NE. [North East] from Melville Crescent. It is well paved and clean &c. The houses are from three to four stories high and of good construction. Occupied by professional gentlemen, and other respectable families. See Name Book for Sheet 20 form 136 |
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| MELVILLE PLACE | Melville Place Melville Place |
Corner Ticket Inscriptn [Inscription] on Lamp posts |
[Situation] At the NE [North East] end of Alva Street & that of Melville St. For Descriptive Remarks see Name Book for sheet 20 | |
| MELVILLE LANE | Melville Lane | see Name BooK Sheet 20 | [Situation] At the rear of the houses along the NW. [North West] side of Melville Street. See Name Book. Sheet 20. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 5Parish of St. Cuthberts
Form 136 Page
44 - Melville Crescent
Melville Street
Melville Place
Melville Lane
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 34OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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