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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WALLACE CLOSE | Wallace Close Wallace Close |
Ticket Board Mark Dodds East Sciennes |
[Situation] About one chain NE. [North East] of Sciennes hill House. A close or passage on the South side of Causewayside, there is only one range of houses in this close, on its east Side. Occupied by Mechanics &c |
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JEWS CLOSE | Jews Close Jews Close |
Ticket Board Mark Dodds East Sciennes |
[Situation] About one chain SE. [South East] of Sciennes hill House. A small close or passage on the South side of Causewayside and a short distance to the East of Wallace Close |
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JEWS' BURYING GROUND | Jews Grave Yard Jews Grave Yard Jews Burying Ground |
Mark Dodds East Sciennes Mr. Ross Grocer Causewayside Revd [Reverend] Mr. Robertson Newington |
[Situation] At the South Side of Jews Close. A square plot of ground at the East side of the Southern extremity of Jew's Close Kept as a burial Ground by the Jews of the City In it are a few small tomb stones as monuments to the memory of the dead. |
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 44OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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