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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BOSWALL ROAD Boswell Road
Boswell Road
Boswall Road
Mr Lawson, Wardie Villas
Mr Hawkins CE [Civil Engineer ] Queensberry Place
Mr Jollie W.S. [Writer to the Signet] George Sq [Square]
[Situation] Passg [Passing] the N. [North] side of Peel Place.
A piece of road leading from the Granton Road, through portion of the Wardie Estate, to the road leading from Granton to Newhaven & Leith. Named after the former owner of the Estate; Capt [Captain] Boswall
SOUTH COTTAGE South Cottage
South Cottage
South Cottage
Mr Hawkins CE [Civil Engineer ] Queensberry Place
Name on Gate
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] About 28 chains N.W. [North West] from Trinity Grove.
A neat cottage with garden attached; the property of Mr Hawkins C.E. [Civil Engineer] Granton Pier and presently occ [occupied] by Miss Hawkins.

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Parish of St Cuthberts

[note] Boswall Road is so called from the name of the late proprietor Capt [Captain] Boswall

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 10
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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