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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
SIR G McKENZIE'S TOMB	Sir George McKenzies Tomb	Map of Grave Yard Tombstone Mr. Campbell Recorder		[Situation] In the S. [South] Side of Greyfriars' Church Yard A large Circular monument [with] a dome top, It has been erected [to] the memory of (and over) Sir George McKenzie, Lord Advocate (during the reigns of Charles [I &] II) who sentenced the covenaters taken at the battle of Bothwell Bridge &c, The monument pointed out, generally as the bloody McKenzie,
ARCHBISHOP SHARP'S VAULT	Archbishop Sharp's Vault	Mr Campbell (Recorder)		[Situation] In the E. [East] Side of Greyfriars' Church Yard A rectangular Vault in [the] South Side of Greyfriars' yard erected to the memory [of Bishop] Sharp who was killed by the Covenanters on [Sheriff] Moor, The Vault is much delapidated at present, [around it] are a few hieroglyphics, much defaced, but no inscription

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Parish of The City of Edinburgh

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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Bizzy- Moderator, Douglas Montgomery

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