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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PRINCE REGENT STREET Prince Regent Street
Prince Regent Street
Prince Regent Street
Corner Ticket
Mr Dick Prince Regent Street
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] On the N.E. by E [North East by East] side of North Leith Church.
An unfinished Street extending from Commercial Street to Madeira Street. The houses are from one to three Stories high and occupied by working people and Shopkeepers.
PORTLAND PLACE Portland Place
Portland Place
Portland Place
Corner Ticket
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
Mr Wright North Junction Street
[Situation] About 14 chs [chains] N.E. by N. [North East by North] from North Leith Church.
A unfinished Street extending from Junction Street to Albany Street. The houses are of recent erection, 4 to 5 Stories high, and occupied by respectable families, and Shop Keepers.
PORTLAND TERRACE Portland Terrace P.O. [Post Office] Directory
Mr Wright North Junction St.
[Situation] About 12 chs [chains] N.E. by N. [North East by North] from North Leith Church.
A Small terrace in Portland Place occupied as dwelling houses & Shops.

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Parish of North Leith

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 12
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056

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