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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GRINDLAY'S CLOSE Grindlay's Close
Grindlay's Close
Name over entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Leaving the North side of West Port.
A narrow dirty close leading off the North side of West Port into a Tannery. The houses in it two stories high in bad repair and are inhabited by poor people,
WEAVER'S CLOSE Weaver's Close
Weaver's Close
Name over entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Leaving the North side of West Port.
A short. wide dirty close going off the North side of West Port to a Lane which has no name, The houses on both sides are two and three stories high in bad repair and are tenanted by poor working people

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Parish of St Cuthbert

Transcriber's notes

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, Brenda Meldrum

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