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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LONG ROW Long Row
Long Row
Lang Raw
Patrick Harvey Gate Keeper
Johnson's Map of Edinbro [Edinburgh]
Plan of Abbey & Sanctuary
[Situation] In east side of The Queen's Park
A precipitous range of rocKs extending from near Haggis Knowe with a slight curve, close to the Base of Arthur's Seat
DRY DAM Dry Dam
Dry Dam
Dry Dam
Patrick Harvey Gate Keeper
Johnson's Map of Edinbro [Edinburgh]
Plan of Abbey & Sanctuary
[Situation] East side of The Queen's Park
This name applies to a valley which extends from St Anthony's Well to the base of Arthur's Seat
ST ANTHONY'S WELL St Anthony's Well
St Anthony's Well
St Anthony's Well
Patrick Harvey Gate Keeper
Johnson's Map of Edinbro [Edinburgh]
Plan of Abbey & Sanctuary
[Situation] About 4 chains S.W. [South West] of St Anthonys Chapel
A small well which issued from a pipe
A large boulder stone is placed over it the source of this spring is a few yards East of it. This source has now a Cistern or tanK sunK here from which there is a pipe which together with other sources supply Holyrood Palace with water. In Ancient times this well was accounted Holy

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Parish of Canongate

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 37
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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