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[---] from the present state of the ground insecure . Mr. Chambers mentions that in 1384 when visited by Frossiart it
[---] 4000 houses which implys a population of at least 20,000 - see sketch of its history in Chamber' gazeteer of Scotland
[---] site of Edinburgh was ill chosen both topographically and geographically. Its castle indeed was impregnable before the
[invention] of gunpowder. but the town seldom made a stout defence. but was generally entered and rifled by an enemy
[with] little trouble, it was too near the border to be secure against surprise, & was surrounded by a country far from fertile
[---] had not like Glasgow the advantage of a large river; it was ill supplied with water for internal consumpsion
[---] miserable bad port for commerce, Had political reasons governed those who fixed the site of the capital a site
[would] probably have been chosen on the other side of the firth.

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056