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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EDINBURGH AND LEITH GLASS WORKS Edinburgh & Leith Glass Works Name on Gate [Situation] On the N [North] Side of Salamander St.
A large Glass manufactory Established here about [blank] It employs on an average [blank] persons The Works Consists of 3 Cones (in which are the Furnaces) Sheds, stores, and ware house This is exclusively a Bottle manufactory.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (Leith Branch) North British Railway Leith Branch
North British Railway Leith Branch
Mr Moubray (Accountant)
Sign Board
[Situation] Runng [Running] in a Westerly direction to Leith Docks.
A branch of the north British Railway erected between Leith and Portabello. It is chiefly taken up with the conveyance of goods between the main Railway, and Leith Harbour. There is one carriage for passengers, all are drawn by horses, no locomotive engines are allowed on the line

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Parish of South Leith

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 13
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056

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