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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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PRIMROSE STREET | Primrose Street Primrose Street Primrose Street |
Mr. Skirving, Quarryholes Corner Ticket P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the East Side of Lochend Road abt [about] 16 chs [chains] N.N.W. [North North West] from Hermitage Park. A short and disjointed range of houses, two stories high, in good repair, and occupied principally by tradespeople and labourers, it is on the south side of Burn's Street and runs paralell to it |
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PRIMROSE PLACE | Primrose Place Primrose Place |
Mr Skirving Corner Ticket |
[Situation] at the N.W. [North West] corner of Primrose Street. A short range of good houses fronting Primrose Street and extending north to Burn's St. occupied by mechanics and other workpeople. |
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LOCHEND ROAD | Lochend Road Lochend Road |
Mr Skirving James Chesser (Gardener Hawkhill) |
[Situation] Exteng [Extending] in a S.E. [South East] direction from Edinb [Edinburgh] to Leith. This road leads southwards from the southeast end of Leith LinKs past Hawkhill and through Lochend farm |
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LEITH WALK FOUNDRY | Leith WalK Foundry | See Name Book Sheet 21 | [Situation] Adjoing [Adjoining] Chemical Works E. [East] side of Leith Walk. See Name Book, Sheet 21 |
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[Page] 5Parish of South Leith
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 22OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
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