OS1/11/105/239 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
BRISTO PORT	Bristo Port Bristo Port	Corner TicKet Mr. Falconer		[Situation] South end of Lindsay Place This name applies to two houses devided into four tenaments [---] numbers, at the South end of Lindsay Place, The houses [have] been recently built, and the ground flats are taken up with shops whilst the upper are occupied by respectable families,
EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF CHARLES II	Charles IIs Statue Charles IIs Statue Charles IIs Statue	Inscription Mr. Morrison Macdowal's guide through Edinbro' [Edinburgh]		[Situation] In the Parliament Square This beautiful equestrian Statue rests on an oblong pedestal of granite on which is cut a [---] inscription, The Statue, which represents the King in a [Roundhead] dress, was fabricated in Holland at an expense of £2580 Scots paid by the Magistrates and Council and erected by them in 1685, instead of one which [they] had proposed to erect to Cromwell,

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Parish of The City of 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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