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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CROWN ROOM [Edinburgh Castle] Crown Room
Crown Room
Sign Board
Robert McKelshinder
[Situation] At the SE [South East] corner of The Castle
This room is a vaulted apartment in which are Kept the crown, sceptre, and sword as also the treasurer's rod of office and the jewels bequeathed by Cardinal YorK the last of the Stuarts to George IV. Consisting of the George and Collar of the order of the Garter, presented by Queen Elizabeth to James VI. The badge of the order of the Thistle with a portrait of Anne of DenmarK these also belonged to James VI. and the coronation ring of Charles I. The crown is supposed to be as old as the days of Robert Bruce. These lay in this room from 1707 untill 1818 carefully preserved in an oaKen chest. They were removed from the chest by a commission appointed by the Prince Regent since which time they exposed to view in the Same room. Admission to this room is obtained by a ticKet given gratis by order of the town council at the Royal Exchange.

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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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