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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	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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