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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
TOWN WALL (1620)				[continued from page 235] There were nine ports or gates in the town wall, but the one in Leith Wynd being closed up being called the Dung Port another doorway or passage was opened called, the WorKhouse Postern, which still left nine ports These were West Port, Bristo Port, (this gate was first called Greyfriars Port and subsequently the Society Port and lastly the Bristo Port,) Cowgate Port, Netherbow Port The Hospital Postern, The College Church Postern HalKerston Wynd Postern, Potter Row Port. See Maitlands Hist. [History] of Edinb. [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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