OS1/11/105/195
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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OLD ASSEMBLY CLOSE | Old Assembly Close Old Assembly Close |
Name over the entrance Post Office Directory |
[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of High Street A long narrow Close well [paved] with flag stones extending [from] Cowgate to High St. [---] are still in a fair state of [---] near the western extremity [---] Heriots Schools |
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CONN'S CLOSE | Conn's Close Conn's Close |
Name over the entrance Post Office Directory |
[Situation] Leaving the N. [North] side of Cowgate A narrow dirty close, [the] houses with a few exceptions very old & dilapidated and occupied by the lower [class] |
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BURNET'S CLOSE | Burnet's Close Burnet's Close |
Name on Wall at the entrance Post Office Directory |
[Situation] Leaving the N. [North] side of Cowgate A narrow, dark, dirty [---] in some parts arched, [---] are six stories high and [occupied] by the poorer class of [Working] people. |
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[Page] 195Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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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