OS1/11/105/173
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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VENNEL | Vennel | See Name Book Sheet 30 | [Situation] Leaving the S.W. [South West] corner of the Grass MarKet Descriptive Remarks in Name Book Sheet 30 |
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PORTSBURGH CHURCH (United Presbyterian) | Portsborough Church United Presbyterian | Mr. Robertson Mr. Hutton |
[Situation] Near the South side of West Port A large building of the Plain [---] style of architecture. The number [---] sittings are 812 there are none appropriated as free seats but all the [---] get sittings free & have access to [---] unoccupied. The minister is the Revd [Reverend] James Robertson. This church was rebuilt in 1828. It belongs to the United Presbyterians |
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BROWN'S PLACE | Brown's Place Brown's Place |
Corner Ticket P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the East Side of the Vennel This name applies to a sort [---] small court on the east side of the Vennel. The houses are from 2 to 3 storeys high. occupied by mechanics & others |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 173Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Portsborough Church United Presbyterian [note]
Portsburgh is the spelling adopted in Easter & Wester
Portsburgh and is the correct mode to be used in the above
name.
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in foldThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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