OS1/11/76/5

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
POST OFFICE [Newhaven] Post Office
Post Office
M.r Mather Postmaster
P. Murphy (Co. [County] Police)
[Situation] On the S. [South] side of Main Street
A sub-Office of the Edinburgh General Post Office, letters are taken & delivered 3 times each day the Post Master Mr Mather receives £10 P [Per] Annum for house rent and expenses.
FISHERMAN'S BURYING GROUND [Newhaven] Fisherman's Burying Ground
Fisherman's Burying Ground
Mr. J. Cairnie
Mr. Mather
[Situation] 2 Chains E. by S. [East by South] from the Free Church
A small portion of enclosed ground near the centre of Newhaven, the burying place of the fishing population (hence the name.) It is on the site of "St James's Chapel."
PIER PLACE [Newhaven] Stone Pier Place
Pier Place
Pier Place
Pier Place
Mr. J. Cairnie
Mr. Mather
P. Murphy
Corner Ticket
[Situation] On the N.W. [North-West] side of Newhaven.
An irregularly built street the North West portion of the Village of Newhaven. the houses vary from 1 to 3 stories high It consists of one range about the middle of which stands the Free Church, (a handsome, Modern Gothic edifice.) From its eastern end projects the Stone Pier hence the Name.

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Parish of North Leith

Fisherman's Burying Ground [note] Site of St. James' Chapel

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 06
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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