OS1/11/105/223

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Midlothian OS Name Books, 1852-1853
  4. Midlothian, volume 105
  5. OS1/11/105/223
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
COWAN'S CLOSE Cowans Close
Cowans Close		 Name above Entrance
Post Office Directory		 [Situation] S. [South] Side of Cowgate
A dirty close [communicating] with Hume's Close, it [contains] some Stables & a few dwellings of inferior order
WRIGHT'S CLOSE Wright's Close
Wright's Close		 Name above Entrance
Post Office Directory		 [Situation] S. [South] Side of Cowgate
A short close or passage approaching a Common [Stair] of a house on the South Side of Cowgate.

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Parish of The City of Edinburgh

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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