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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOCHRIN BASIN Lochrin Basin
Lochrin Basin
Map of City
Mr. Thom coal merchant
[Situation] At the SW. [South West] Side of Lochrin
A Small inlet or basin formed from the Union Canal originally for the use of a large distillery which is unoccupied, or disused for some years past
OUTER or OLD BASIN [Union Canal] Outer Basin
Outer Basin or Old Basion
Map of City
Mr. Thom
[Situation] South Side of Castle Silk Mills
This name applies to a part of the Union Canal Sufficiently wide as to form a sort of basin & where boats can load & unload Originally this basin was the termination of the Canal & on that account is sometimes called the Old Basin

Transcriber's notes

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 38
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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Parish of St. Cuthberts

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25 - Lochrin Basin
25 - Outer Basin

McHardy's Bridge [crossed out]

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