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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
KINLOCH'S CLOSE Kinloch's Close
Kinloch's Close
Name Above Entrance
P.O [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On the North side of High Street
A narrow dirty close leading from High Street to Halkerstons Wynd. It contains nothing [remarkable]
CARRUBBER'S CLOSE Carrubber's Close
Carrubber's Close
Name Above Entrance
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On the North side of High Street
A tolerably wide close extending north from High Street to [Halkerstons] Wynd. The houses are from [--] to six stories high irregularly [--] and occupied by mechanics [and] Shopkeepers. On the east side [--] St Pauls Church a place of [worship] belonging to the Scottish Episcopal [--] It is well paved, lighted and [--]

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Parish of the City of Edinburgh

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Words lost in fold

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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Bizzy- Moderator, ron hill

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