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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
VALLEYFIELD Villa field
Valleyfield
Villafield
Valleyfield
Plan of Edinburgh
Alexander Thomson
Robert Marshal
Directory - 1857
[Situation] At the South end of Leven Street & north end of Wrights Houses
This name applies to an old building in bad repair divided or occupied as several tenements by mechanics & labourers. This building was originally a respectable mansion house but is now in a state of bad repair.
BRUNTSFIELD LINKS Bruntsfield Links
Bruntsfield Links
William Allan Wrights houses
Alexander Thomson Toll collector
[Situation] Extending E. [East] & S. [South] from Wrights Houses
This name applies to a small tract of slightly elevated ground at the SW. [South West] side of the Meadows. It consists of one park or field of about 25 Scotch acres and is the public property of the town corporation. It is usually let as pasture ground & partly used as bleaching or drying ground. It is also open to the public as public walks

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Parish of St Cuthberts

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 39
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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