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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MERCANTILE MARINE SHIPPING OFFICES on the Site of OLD TOLBOOTH (1565) Mercantile Marine Shipping offices (Site of old Tolbooth)
Mercantile Marine Shipping offices (Site of old Tolbooth)
Mercantile Marine Shipping offices (Site of old Tolbooth)
Mr Hay manager
Mr Young
Act of Parliament
[Situation] On the South side of Tolbooth Wynd.
The second Story of a neat Substantial house, three stories high, erected on the Site of the old Tolbooth. The shipping offices are managed by men appointed by the board of Trade, The building in

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Parish of South Leith

Mary of Lorraines House [crossed out]
According to Campbell's History of Leith & other authorities
there is no certainty as to where the Queen Regent lived while in
Leith as there are many houses in Leith which the inhabitants
point as her palace. It is therefore advisable not to write it
on plan

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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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