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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SILVERMILLS Silver Mills
Silver Mills
Silver Mills
Silver Mills
Silvermills
Silvermills
Silvermills
Silvermills
D. Pollock
Mr Bane
Map of City
On Sign Board of a Dyer
P.O. [Post Office] Directory 1851
Charles McLean
W. Cameron, Pitt Street
Mr W. Bell, Huntly Street
002 [Situation] North Side of St. Stephens Church.
This name applies to a group of old houses situated between St. Stephen's Church and Henderson Row In it is a large Skinnery with offices and at the NW. [North West] Side of it is St Bern [Bernard's] Free Church & the northern Dist [District] School. The houses in this place are of an inferior class, one Storey high and covered with Tiles, occupied by labourers and other w [working] people.
SKINNERY [Silvermills] Silvermills Skinnery
Silvermills Skinnery
D. Pollock
Mr McLean
002 [Situation] About 3 chains N by W [North by West] of St Stephens Church.
A large establishment f [for] the manufacture of Sheep Skin [Skins] chiefly. It belongs to Mr Las [--]

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Parish of St Cuthberts
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92 51 West margin of Sheet 16
To avoid the frequent repetition of the name Silvermills; Skinnery only is written

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Some words of Description are partly lost in the tight binding of right margin.

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