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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BROAD WYND | Broad Wynd Broad Wynd |
Corner Ticket P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] About 7 chains S.E. by S. [South East by South] from Custom House. A short street extending from the Shore, to Water Lane. The houses are from four to six stories high occupied by Shop Keepers and mechanics. |
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| WATER LANE | Water Lane Water Lane |
Corner Ticket P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] Extending N. [North] on the West Side of Queen's Tobacco Warehouse. An irregular built close extending from the foot of the Kirkgate to Bernard Street, it is paved and not very clean, The houses on both sides are three and four stories high, in but middling repair and inhabited by poor working people, |
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| BURGESS CLOSE | Burgess Close Burgess Close |
Corner Ticket P.O. [Post Office] Ditrectory |
[Situation] opposite the West end of the Queen's Tobacco Warehouse. A narrow dirty, Close extending from the Shore to Water Lane. The houses are 2 & 3 stories high tenanted by poor working people |
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[Page] 23Parish of South Leith
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 13OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
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