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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
OAKFIELD COURT Oakfield Court
Oakfield Court
Oakfield Court
Mr. P. Ritchie
Mr. James Scott.
P. O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] East Side of Pleasance.
A large court or close clean & well paved etc. There are the workshops belonging to Mr. Ritchie Patent Press manufacturer, also workshops belonging to a Brush manufacturer. In it are also a few dwelling houses 3 stories high tenanted by mechanics.
INNES'S COURT Innes's Court
Innes's Court
Name on wall above entrance
P. O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] E [East] Side of Pleasance
A dirty back yard or court in which are a few dilapidated houses used as stables & other purposes
PLEASANCE COURT Pleasance Court Name on wall above entrance [Situation] East Side of Pleasance
An irregular court on the E [East] side of Pleasance in it are a few small dwelling houses occupied by work people.

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[Page] 116
Parish of St. Cuthberts.

[Note below entry for Innes's Court]
? On plan

Transcriber's notes

This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Oakfield, Innes's and Pleasance Courts do not appear on the 6 inch map and Innes's Court is located on the west of Pleasance, not the east as shown by the collector.

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Douglas Montgomery

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