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PARISH OF CANONGATE
SHEET 41
INDEX
Names of Objects -- Page
Arthur's Seat -- 5
Echoing Rock -- 9
Foxes Holes -- 13
Gutted Haddie -- 11
Hunter's Bog -- 4
Kaim Head -- 7
Powderhouse Corner -- 7
Radical Road -- 3
Sanctuary of Holyroodhouse -- 10
Salisbury Craigs -- 5
Salisbury Craigs -- 3
Sampson's Ribs -- 9
The Queen's Drive -- 3
The Hawse -- 4
Nether Hill
The Lion's Haunch -- 11
The Queen's Park -- 7
Canongate (parish) -- 13 |
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RADICAL ROAD |
Radical Road
Radical Road
Radical Road |
James Swanson Shepherd
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre Park Keeper |
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[Situation] South West of Salisbury Craigs and North East of The Queens Drive
For description see Name List for sheet 40. |
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SALISBURY CRAIGS |
Salisbury Craigs
Salisbury Craigs
Salisbury Craigs |
James Swanson Shepherd
Mr Coventry Park Keeper
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] North east of Radical Road and west of Arthurs Seat
For Description see name List for sheet 32 |
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THE QUEENS DRIVE |
The Queen's Drive
The Queen's Drive
The Queen's Drive |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] Passing through the Queens Park
For Description see name List for sheet 40 |
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Salisbury Craigs [note] Not in 32 J.B. |
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HUNTERS BOG |
Hunters Bog
Hunters Bog |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] about Fourteen chains N. [North] West of the Summit of Arthurs Seat
For Description see Name List for sheet 37. |
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THE HAWSE |
The Hawse
The Hawse
The Hawse |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] Thirteen chains N.S.W [North South West] of the Summit of Arthurs Seat and Three chains North of the Queens Drive
This name applies to a hollow or opening betwixt Salisbury Craigs and the Gutted Haddy. |
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Parish of Canongate
The Hawse [note]
Hals or Hawse. The neck. The throat. Any
narrow passage. It is used to denote a defile
a narrow passage between hills or mountains
Jamieson.
The Dasses [crossed out] |
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ARTHUR'S SEAT |
Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat |
Mr Coventry
James Swanson
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] East N.E [North East] of Salisbury Craigs
A large hill or mountain the surface of which consists of rocks, rocKy precipices and good pasture land on its summit is a Trigl [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl [Trigonometrical] Party "Arthurs Seat" Many portions of this hill are known by seperate and independent names such as Foxes Holes the Lions Haunch &c, of which see articles in the adjoining pages. |
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SALISBURY CRAIGS |
Salisbury Craigs |
See Name Bk [Book] Sheet 37. |
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[Situation] W. [West] side of The Queens Park
See descript: Remks [descriptive Remarks] in Name Book of Sheet 37 |
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KAIM HEAD |
Kaim Head
Kaim Head
Kaim Head |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] South West of Salisbury Craigs and South of the Queens Drive
For Descriptive RemarKs see Name Book Sheet 40 |
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THE QUEENS PARK |
The Queen's Park
The Queen's Park
The Queen's Park |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] South East of Holyrood Palace
For Description see Name List for sheet 37 |
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POWDERHOUSE CORNER |
Powderhouse Corner
Powderhouse Corner
Powderhouse Corner |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] Adjoining the Queens Drive and 16 chains S.W [South West] of Arthurs Seat.
This name applies to a bend of The Queen's Drive, a little North of the Echoing Rock, formerly a small house stood here where powder was Kept, hence the name. |
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ECHOING ROCK |
Echoing Rock
Echoing Rock
Echoing Rock |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] About Ten chains SW [South West] by South of the Summit of Arthurs Seat
An Echoing rock situated a short distance N.West [North West] of Sampsons Ribs. |
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SAMPSON'S RIBS |
Sampson's Ribs
Sampson's Ribs
Sampson's Ribs
Samson's Ribs
Samson's Ribs |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845
Petries Hist [History] of Holyrood Abbey & Palace |
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[Situation] South of the Summit of Arthurs seat 23 chains and two chains in the same direction of the Queens Drive
A long steep, precipitous range of rocks extending from near the Echoing Rock to near Duddingston Loch. It is a steep cliff of basaltic columns partly well shaped and part appearing broken and irregular, they are nearly perpendicular.
"Great basaltic columns from 40 to 50 feet in length and about 3 feet in diameter regularly Pentagonal or Hexagonal hang down the face of the cliffs with a gentle slope and are vulgarly called Samson's Ribs." Petries History of Holyrood Palace & Abbey 1818 |
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SANCTUARY OF HOLYROODHOUSE (For Debtors) |
Sanctury of Holyroodhouse |
See Name Book of Sheet 37 |
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[Situation] In the Queens Park
See descript: Remks [descriptive Remarks] in Name Book of Sheet 37. |
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GUTTED HADDIE |
Gutted Haddy
Gutted Haddy
Gutted Haddy |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] In a SW [South West] by West direction from Arthurs Seat
This name applies to a small portion of the hill side where the surface is carried down during wet weather. Situated near the west side of the Ravens rock Haddie is the provincial name for Haddock see Jamieson's Dictionary |
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NETHER HILL or The Lion's Haunch |
Nether Hill or The Lions Haunch
Nether Hill or The Lions Haunch
Nether Hill or The Lions Haunch |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] South of Arthurs Seat and North of the Foxes Holes
This name applies to a portion of the south side of Arthurs Seat, extending from near the East side of the Ravens Rock to Foxes Holes. At a distance it resembles a Lions Haunch hence the name. This Hill is equally Known by the name Nether Hill and The Lions Haunch |
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Gutted Haddy [note]
"Haddie. a haddock."
Jamiesons Dictionary
of the Scottish Language |
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RAVEN'S ROCK |
Raven's Rock
Raven's Rock
Raven's Rock |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] About Ten chains S.S.West [South South West] of the Summit of Arthurs Seat.
Bold rocky precipices on the side of Arthurs Seat. it is a resort for Ravens hence the name. |
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FOXES' HOLES |
Foxes' Holes
Foxes' Holes
Foxes' Holes |
James Swanson
Mr Coventry
Mr McIntyre |
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[Situation] About Seventeen chains South of the Summit of Arthurs Seat
A long range of precipitous rocks situated along the North side of the Queen's Drive and opposite to Sampson's Ribs |
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CANONGATE |
Parish of Canongate |
See Name Bk [Book] of Sheet 35. |
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[Situation] In the northern portion of the Co. [County] of Edinb [Edinburgh]
See Descript [Descriptive] Remarks in Name Book of Sheet 35 |
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Parish of St Cuthberts
Sheet 41
Index
Names of Objects -- Page
Gibbet Loan -- 17
North British Railway -- 17
(St Leonard's Branch) |
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GIBBET LOAN |
Gibbet Loan |
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[Situation] Near the entrance to the Tunnel of the North British Railway (St Leonards Branch)
See Descript [Descriptive] Remarks in Name book of Sheet 40 |
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NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (St Leonard's Branch) |
North British Railway (St Leonards Branch) |
See Name Book Sheet 45. |
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[Situation] North of Gibbet Loan and South of the Queens Drive
For Descriptive RemarKs see Name Book Sheet 45 |
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Parish of St Cuthbert's
[Signed]
H James. Cap. RE [Captain Royal Engineers] |
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EDINBURGH
SHEET 41
[Date Stamp] ORDNANCE SURVEY M.S.STORE SOUTHAMPTON 15 DEC. [DECEMBER] 92
Names of Parishes -- Pages
CANONGATE -- 1
ST CUTHBERTS -- 15 |
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