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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BROWN'S CLOSE Brown's Close
Brown's Close
Name above entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of Castle Hill
A short and narrow close leading off the South side of Castle [Hill] and along the West side of Browns Close, the houses in it are four stories high. and inhabited by poor worKing people
BOSWELL'S COURT Boswell's Court
Boswell's Court
Name above entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Near the S. [South] side of Castle Hill
A small close, pretty clean leading off the South side [of] Castle Hill into an area surrounded by houses. inhabited by work people
ROCKVILLE CLOSE Rockville Close
Rockville Close
Name over the entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory 1851
[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of Castle Hill
A short, narrow, well paved clean close, containing a few dwelling houses on the east is a wall enclosing the [---] of the Assembly Hall

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[Page] 183
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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