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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BOYD'S CLOSE Boyd's Close
Boyd's Close
Name on Corner
P.O [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] South Side of Canongate
A dirty narrow Close Containing a tan yard and a curriers workshop. also a few dwellings, occupied by working people of the lower Class.
BELL'S CLOSE Bell's Close
Bell's Close
Name above Entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] South Side of Canongate.
A dirty narrow close, indifferently paved and drained. The houses are apparently very old and occupied by the lower grades.
BOYD'S ENTRY Boyds Entry
Boyds Entry
Corner Ticket
Mr Kerr
[Situation] E. [East] Side of St. Marys Wynd.
A short and dirty entry, extending between St Mary's Wynd and Boyd's Close, The houses in it are from two to three Stories in height occupied chiefly by poor working people,

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[Page] 147
Parish of Canongate.
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Transcriber's notes

This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Boyd's Close, Bell's Close and Boyd's Entry do not appear on the 6 inch map.

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Douglas Montgomery

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