OS1/11/106/36

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ADAM SQUARE Adam Square
Adam Square
Corner Tickets
P.O [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] N. [North] side of South Bridge
A small square containing [--] good houses, 4 stories high and [--] built. The lower stories are [chiefly used] as Shops, and the upper stories [--] and [warerooms]. It contains [the School] of Arts, an institution for the [instruction] of Mechanics &c. in literary and [Scientific] knowledge
SCHOOL OF ARTS School of Arts Inscription on Building [Situation] In Adam Square
This School was instituted in [1821 for] the instruction of mechanics and [--] in the elements of scientific [Knowledge] and is supported by donations [and] subscriptions. There are classes [for the] instruction in the following [--] Drawing, Modelling, Chemistry, [--], French, Natural Philosophy, and [--]

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 36
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895
Town Plan of Edinburgh (south east part) Surveyed: 1849-53 Scale: 1:1056

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[Page] 36
Parish of the City of Edinburgh

School of Arts [note]
? a Public Building

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