OS1/11/87/16

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GILES' STREET Giles' Street
Giles' Street
Corner Ticket
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Extends Circuitously from Kirkgate to Sherriff [Sheriff] Brae.
See name Book of sheet 12 for a description of this name
HORSE WYND Horse Wynd
Horse Wynd
Horse Wynd
Corner Ticket
Mr Burrell
P.O. [Post Office] Directory
[Situation] Extends from Giles Street to St Andrew Street.
A short wide close extending from Giles Street to St Andrew Street The houses are two and three stories high inhabited by mechanics &c
BEDFORD CLOSE Bedford Close
Bedford Close
Mr Burrell
Michael Watson
[Situation] On the N E [North East] Side of Giles Street.
A Short wide Close entered from Giles Street only. The houses are four stories high tenanted by working mechanics &c

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Parish of South Leith

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 16
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056

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