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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BEE HIVE INN Bee Hive Inn
Bee Hive Inn
Sign board
Mr. Brownlee (Innkeeper)
[Situation] On the N. [North] Side of the Grass MarKet
A small Inn two Stories high [and in] good repair on the north side [of] the GrasmarKet, It is licensed [to] Sell WhisKey Porter and [ale] the occupier Mr. Brownlee [Keeps] good lodgings and Stables
BLACK BULL INN [Grass Market] Black Bull Inn
Black Bull Inn
Sign board
Smith occupier
[Situation] On the N. [North] Side of the Grass Market
A good house three Stories high [on] the north Side of the Grasmarket Licensed to sell all kinds [---] The occupier Mr Smith [Keeps] lodgings and good Stables It is about 50 or 60 years Standing.
THE FARMER'S REST [P.H., King's Stables] The Farmer's Rest
The Farmer's Rest
Name above door
Mr Ormiston
[Situation] On the S. [South] Side of the Kings Stables
A Small house one Story high [---] in the Kings Stables licensed to [sell] Porter and Spirits, Occupier [---] It is said that in this house, the [---] Ramsay of Barnton made [---] which purchased the Barnton [---]
P.H. [The Farmer's Rest, King's Stables] The Farmer's Rest
The Farmer's Rest
Name above door
Mr Ormiston
[Situation] On the S. [South] Side of the Kings Stables
A Small house one Story high [---] in the Kings Stables licensed to [sell] Porter and Spirits, Occupier [---] It is said that in this house, the [---] Ramsay of Barnton made [---] which purchased the Barnton [---]

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Parish of The City of Edinburgh

The Farmer's Rest [note]
This house has frequently
Changed its name the name
it is Known by at present is
not of long Standing & little Known
to the public Therefore its better to
write P. H. only on Plan,

Transcriber's notes

Words lost in fold

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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