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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST JOHN'S STREET St. John Street
St. John Street
St. John's Street
Corner Ticket
P.O [Post Office] Directory
P.O. [Post Office] Directory 1851-2
002 [Situation] From South Side of Canongate to South Back of Canongate
A clean and well paved Street extending from Canongate to South back of Canongate. The houses are generally four Stories high and occupied by a respectable class of Citizens.
HOLYROOD STREET Holyrood Street
Holyrood Street
Corner Ticket
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
002 [Situation] N [North] Side of South Back of Canongate.
A Short extent of South Back of Canongate. On the north side is a range of good houses on the South merely enclosed fields.
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL (Roman Catholic) Holy Cross School (Roman Catholic) See Name Book Sheet 30 [Situation] In Carfraes Entry South Side of Canongate
For Descriptive Remarks See Name Book Sheet 30.

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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 name Holy Cross School does not appear on the 6 inch map.

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Douglas Montgomery

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