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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| GRAHAM'S COURT | Graham's Court Graham's Court |
Name over entrance P. O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] West Side of Potter Row A long irregular court or [?] in which are several houses [?] stories high of tolerably good construction occupied by work people There is an entrance to the [U.P. United Presbyterian] church from this close. |
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| HAY STREET ENTRY | Hay Street Entry | Name over entrance | [Situation] East side of Potter Row An arched way or entrance from Potter Row to Hay Street |
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| NICHOLSON STREET | Nicholson Street Nicholson Street |
Corner Tickets Name on lamp Posts |
002 | [Situation] Leading in a Southerly direction from College A long wide street which [is] considered a principal or [main] street in this quarter of the [City] It is clean & well paved & [supplied with] gas etc The houses are of a good [class and] in good repair 4 to 5 stories high. The lower [storey is] nearly all shops of a respectable class in various [?] business chiefly provision, Drapery, Silk mercers, Booksellers [Jewellery], etc. It is the continuation of St. Patricks St. to South Bridge In this street is situated the Surgeons Hall. |
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Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.Note both Graham's Court and Hay Street Entry do not appear on the 6 inch map.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Douglas Montgomery
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