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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MONTPELIER PARK Montpelier ParK
Montpelier ParK
Mr. Chisholm proprietor
James Lindsay Toll Collector
[Situation] At the S.W. [South West] end of Bruntsfield Place
A neat cottage residence with suitable offices and garden attached also a few acres of land laid out as a grass park. The property & residence of Mr. Chisholm.
WRIGHTSHOUSES CHECK T.P. Wrightshouses Check
Wrightshouses Check
Name Board
James Lindsay Toll Collector
[Situation] At the east end of Viewforth
A check T.P. [Turnpike] on the road which leads to Biggar at Bruntsfield Place. There is no gate here nor Collectors Cottage but a sentry box for the shelter of the Collector.
CITY CUSTOMS STATION City Customs Station
City Customs Station
Thomas Murray Collector
John Brown Wrightshouses
[Situation] At the N.W. [North West] corner of Bruntsfield Links near Wrightshouses
At this place Custom is exacted by authority of Act of Parliament on all goods and on cattle &c. brought for sale to Edinburgh Markets. These Customs form part of the public revenue of the City. The collector has a box for shelter at this place.

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Parish of St. Cuthberts

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 42
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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