OS1/11/105/47
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| QUEENSFERRY ARMS INN [King's Stables] | Queensferry Arms Inn | Sign board Mrs Bird (Occupier) |
[Situation] On the South side of King's Stables. A good house two stories high occupied as an Inn for a number of years, having for a sign the Queensferry Arms, the occupier has licenses to sell all kinds of drink eccept wine, and has lodgings and good stabling. |
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| KING'S STABLES INN | King's Stables Inn | Sign board | [Situation] On the South side of Kings Stables. A pretty good house two stories high occupied by Mrs Simpson who has licence to sell Porter ales and spirits, and keeps lodgings and stabling. |
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| BURKE'S HOUSE | BurKe's House BurKe's House |
Mr Paterson West Port Occupiers |
[Situation] On the N. [North] side of West Port. A house in Tanners Close (West Port), two stories high, in bad repair, in which the notorious Burke and Hare lured and carried on their murderous traffic |
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[Page] 47Parish of St Cuthbert
King's Stables Inn [note] ? Apostrophe
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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Bizzy- Moderator, Brenda Meldrum
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