OS1/11/111/16
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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LAURISTON PLACE | Lauriston Place Lauriston Place |
Corner Ticket Name on Lamp posts |
[Situation] From the SE [South East] end of Lady Lawson's Wynd to the end of the Vennel & that of Lauriston Lane This name applies to a [part] of the street called Lauriston [&] is the continuation eastward [of] Lauriston Street to the south end of the Vennel. The street is wide at this point and [well] paved &c. The houses are all [of] a good class three to four [stories] most of them with gardens attached & small railed in areas in [---] backyards &c. generally occupied by professional gentlemen and other respectable families. |
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GRAHAM STREET | Graham Street Graham Street |
Corner Ticket Name on Lamp posts |
[Situation] On the north side of Lauriston Place A short wide street extending northward from Lauriston Place [to] Keir Street. It is clean and well paved The houses are generally of a superior class three stories high. Occupied by respectable families. At the north end of this street in Keir Street is a Free Church. |
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[Page] 16Parish of St Cuthberts
Form 136 Page
34 - Lauriston Place
33 - Graham Street
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Words lost in foldThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 39
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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