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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GILES' STREET | Giles' Street | Corner Ticket James McMartin Giles Street George Crawford Edinbr [Edinburgh] & Leith Directory |
[Situation] Extending Circuitously from Kirkgate to Sheriff Bray [Brae]. A long narrow Street leding from Kirkgate to Sheriff Brae. it is paved and lighted with [gas]. The houses are very irregularly built from one to 3 storeys high partly occupied as shops storehouses etc. and the remainder by Mechanics etc. | |
BRICKWORK CLOSE | Brickwork Close | Peter Anderson James Martin Edinboro [Edinburgh] & Leith Directory |
[Situation] N.W. [North West] Direction between Giles Street & Kirkgate. A close leading from Kirkgate to Giles Street. the houses are very irregularly built from 1 to 3 storeys high in bad repair occupied by the poorer class of Labourers. |
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[Page] 12Parish of South Leith
Giles Street Object: Narrow Street
Brickwork Close Object: Close
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