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PARISH OF ST CUTHBERTS.
SHEEET. 25.
INDEX.
Names of Objects -- Page
Annandale Street -- 7
Annandale Street Lane -- 7
Antigua Street -- 12
Botanic Cottage -- 6
Broughton Place -- 10
Broughton Court -- 12
East Broughton Place -- 11
Gayfield House -- 6
Gayfield Place -- 9
Gayfield Square -- 10
Hope Crescent -- 3
Haddington Place -- 9
Leith Walk -- 4
Marble Works -- 4
Middlefield Pl. [Place] -- 5
Mignionette Nursery -- 5
Shrub Place -- 3
Shrub Hill -- 4
United Presby. [Presbyterian] Church -- 11
Union Street -- 12
Broughton Burn -- 8
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HOPE CRESCENT |
Hope Crescent
Hope Crescent
Hope Crescent |
Lamp Posts
D. Stirling
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[Situation] Commencg. [Commencing] at the North end of Annandale Street W. [West] side of Leith Walk.
A street laid out in the form of a Crescent not completed with buildings, it consists of two blocks of well built 4 story houses with pillars in front and a good sized portion of ornamental Ground. it extends N.E. [North East] from the corner of Annandale St. |
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SHRUB PLACE |
Shrub Place
Shrub Place
Shrub Place |
Name on Corner
W. Scott
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[Situation] N.E. [North East] from Hope Crescent & W. [West] side of Leith Walk.
A row of 3 story houses on the W. [West] side of Leith Walk extending from Shrub Hill to Middlefield Place. |
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SHRUB HILL |
Shrub Hill
Shrub Hill
Shrub Hill |
Name on Corner
W. Scott
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[Situation] At the South of Shrub Place.
A narrow paved lane leading from Shrub Place to Shrub House W. [West] side of Leith Walk. it ends at the gate opening into the grounds of Shrub House. |
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LEITH WALK |
Leith Walk
Leith Walk
Leith Walk |
Name on Corner
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[Situation] Extends from Catherine St. Edinb. [Edinburgh] to Kirkgate Leith.
See Descript: Rem: [Descriptive Remarks] in Name Book of Sheet 21. |
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MARBLE WORKS [Leith Walk] |
Marble Works |
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[Situation] W. [West] side of Leith Walk.
These works are situated on the W. [West] side of Leith Walk and at the S. [South] end of Shrub Place. they have been established for the last 30 years and are carrd [carried] on by Messrs Wallace & Whyte. |
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MIDDLEFIELD PLACE |
Middlefield Place |
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[Situation] N. [North] of Shrub Place.
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MIGNIONETTE NURSERY |
Mignonette Nursery |
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[Situation] N.[North] of Hope Crescent & W. [West] side of Leith Walk.
A tastefully laid out nursery & Flower Garden forming a parallelogram on the W. [West] side of Leith Walk adjoining Shrub Hill occupd [occupied] by Messrs Eagle & Henderson. |
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GAYFIELD HOUSE |
Gayfield House
Gayfield House
Gayfield House |
D. Stirling
W. Scott
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[Situation] About 12 chs [chains] S.W.by W. [South West by West] from Hope Crescent.
A neat old looking Mansion House the residence of the Cathcart family in the last Century. attachd [attached] are small offices and a Kitchen & Flower Garden at present it is occupd [occupied] by Mr Maxwell, Grocer, Edinb [Edinburgh] and is the property of Mr Elias Cathcart. |
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BOTANIC COTTAGE |
Botanic Cottage |
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[Situation] About 9 chs [chains] in an Easterly dirn [direction] from Hope Crescent & on the West side of Leith Walk.
A dwelling house on the W. [West] side of Leith Walk with small Offices and garden attachd [attached] the premises are occupd [occupied] as a dairy and being formerly in the Botanic Gardens the name is derived from that circumstance. |
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ANNANDALE STREET |
Annandale Street
Annandale Street
Annandale Street |
Name on Corner
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[Situation] West side of Leith Walk.
A short wide Street extending from the S. [South] corner of Haddington Place Leith Walk to Hope Crescent. the houses are of a superior class and occupd [occupied] by respectable families. |
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ANNANDALE STREET LANE |
Annandale Street Lane
Annandale Street Lane |
D. Stirling
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[Situation] Runng [Running] out of the East side of Annandale Street.
A row of Coach houses and Stables leading from the N. [North] side of Annandale Street and at the back of Haddington Place. It also applies to the lane. |
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BROUGHTON BURN |
Broughton Burn |
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[Situation] On the West side of Hope Crescent.
See descript [descriptive] Remarks in Name Book Sheet 17. |
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PARISH OF ST CUTHBERTS |
Parish of St Cuthberts |
See Name Bk [Book] of Plan 6.D. |
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[Situation] In the north Portion of the Co. [County] of Edinburgh.
See descript. [descriptive] Remarks in Name Book 6.D. |
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HADDINGTON PLACE |
Haddington Place
Haddington Place
Haddington Place |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] West side of Leith Walk & Corner of Annandale Street.
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GAYFIELD PLACE |
Gayfield Place
Gayfield place
Gayfield Place |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] S. [South] of Haddington Place.
A range of handsome well constructed houses 5 storeys high extending from the north end of Gayfield Square to Haddington Place. Occupied by respectable families. |
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GAYFIELD SQUARE |
Gayfield Square
Gayfield Square
Gayfield Square |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] 14 chs [chains] South from Hope Crescent & on the W. [West] side of Leith Walk.
A large Square on the western side of Leith Walk. The interior of the Square [is] walled in with iron railings [on] top of the wall. The ground within is laid as [---] for the use of the inhabitants of the Square. The houses are neat & well constructed but plain built 4 to 5 [storeys] high. The street in front is clean & well paved. |
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BROUGHTON PLACE |
Broughton Place
Broughton Place
Broughton Place |
Corner Ticket,
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[Situation] About 10 chs [chains] West of Gayfield Square.
This name applies to a [---] wide Street extending from [Broughton] Street to East Broughton Place. the eastern end of this Street is [---] United Presbyterian Church, & at the western end is St James Episcopal Chapel. The houses are private dwellings from 3 to 5 storeys high. |
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EAST BROUGHTON PLACE |
East Broughton Place
East Broughton Place |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] In a Southerly direction from Broughton Place.
This name applies to a Short Street leading S.E. [South East] from the east end of Broughton Place. In it are a few tolerably good houses from 3 to 5 storeys high. Some are occupied by WorK people but mostly respectable families. |
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UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH [Broughton Place] |
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church |
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[Situation] In Broughton Place.
A large rectangular building with a handsome portico in front of the Doric Order. The building except the front is quite plain with semicircular topped windows. underneath the body of the church is a lower story or sunK flat including rooms used as the church officers dwelling also a large room for meetings &c. The church is well fitted up with galleries &c. containing sittings for 1640. It was built in 1821. The congregation being then United Secession. The union of the Relief with this sect in 1847 caused the name "United Presbyterian". There are two ministers to this church viz. John Brown D.D. [Doctor of Divinity], and Revd [Reverend] Andrew Thomson. Each ministers stipend is £300 per annum which is collected from Seat rents. There are no seats appropriated as free to the poor but none are excluded who cannot pay. The congregation is about 1400. Cost of erecting the church is about £8000. |
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BROUGHTON COURT |
Broughton Court
Broughton Court |
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[Situation] On the West Side of the United Presby [Presbyterian] Church, E. [East] Broughton Place.
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UNION STREET |
Union Street
Union Street
Union Street |
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[Situation] On the West side of Leith Walk S. [South] of Gayfield Squ. [Square]
A Short Street leading from Antigua Street & Union Place to, near, East Broughton Place. The houses are well constructed from 4 to 5 storeys high. |
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ANTIGUA STREET |
Antigua Street
Antigua Street
Antigua Street |
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[Situation] Joining the N.E. [North East] corner of Union Street W. [West] Side of Leith Walk.
This name applies to a half Street on the western [side] of part of Leith Walk. It [runs] from Union Street to Gayfield Square. the houses are well constructed & from 4 to 5 storeys high. The ground storeys are occupied as Shops. |
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SHEEET. 25.
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Brunswick Street -- 16
Brunton Place -- 23
Edinburgh Flint Glass Works -- 18
Engine and Machine Works -- 19
Edinburgh Funeral Establishment -- 21
Edinburgh Saw Mills -- 22
Greenside House -- 16
Hillside Cottage -- 15
London Road -- 23
Lover's Lane -- 23
Montgomery Street -- 17
Marble Works -- 20
Paper Hangings Manufactory -- 20
Royal Caledonian Bazaar -- 21
Royal Terrace Gardens -- 24
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HILLSIDE COTTAGE |
Hillside Cottage
Hillside Cottage |
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[Situation] About 26 chs. [chains] East from Gayfield Sq. [Square]
A dwelling house near the extremity of Lover's Lane London Road, it is the property of Heriots Hospl [Hospital] and occupd [occupied] as a dairy by A. McFarlane |
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BRUNSWICK STREET |
Brunswick Street |
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GREENSIDE HOUSE |
Greenside House
Greenside House
Greenside House |
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[Situation] a little N.W. [North West] from Hillside Cottage.
An old looking family Mansion house with a small portion of pleasure ground attachd [attached] occupd [occupied] by Mrs [Backhouse a] the Property of [Heriots] Hospital. |
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MONTGOMERY STREET |
Montgomery Street
Montgomery Street
Montgomery Street |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] Running out of the E. [East] side of Leith Walk
A wide new street extending from Elm Row to the end of Brunswick Street. There are only a few houses as yet built which are on the South side. These houses are of a superior class five storeys high, occupied by respectable families, |
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EDINBURGH FLINT GLASS WORKS |
Edinburgh Flint Glass Works |
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[Situation] At the western extremity of Lovers Lane & E. [East] side of Leith Walk
A glass Manufactory on [the] East side of Leith walk [owned] and carrd [carried] on by Mr. T. Fraser |
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ENGINE AND MACHINE WORKS [Leith Walk] |
Engine and Machine WorKs
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[Situation] On the East side of Leith walk, corner of Lovers Lane
This is a well conducted establishment in which machines and engines of various Kinds are manufactured. There are a great number of Agricultural machines manufactured here. This place is also noted for the manufacture of a peculiar Kind of engine for the maKing of Biscuits for various departments. There are a great number of machines and engines manufactured here for exportation to various parts of the world, as well as for home use, Glass cutting is also done here. There are about 45 men on average constantly employed in this establishment |
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MARBLE WORKS [Leith Walk] |
Marble Works |
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[Situation] On the East side of Leith Walk & S. [South] of Shrub Place
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SILK DYE WORKS [Leith Walk] |
Silk Dye Works |
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These premises are situated [on] the E.. [East] side of Leith Walk [&] are occupd. [occupied] by Messrs F. & W. Cooper Hay, the different branches of dyeing is [extensively] carried on and the place is well known |
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PAPER HANGING MANUFACTORY [Leith Walk] |
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A large establishment for the manufacture & Sale of stained paper on the E. [East] side of Leith Walk occupd. [occupied] and carrd. [carried] on by Mr [McC---] |
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ROYAL CALEDONIAN BAZAAR |
Royal Caledonian Bazaar
Royal Caledonian Bazaar
Royal Caledonian Bazaar |
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A large establishment consisting of a posting establishment Livery stables & coach repository or Saloon for carriages, and also the offices connected therewith |
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EDINBURGH FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT |
Edinburgh Funeral Establishment
Edinburgh Funeral Establishment
Edinburgh Funeral Establishment |
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Mr John Croal Proprietor
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Adjoining it and connected with the above is the Edinburgh Funeral Establishment is also a large building for the purpose of supplying all the requisites for funeral viz. Hearses. Mourning Coaches, Coffins &c, On the 2nd story of the building fronting the main street & nearly level with it is a large Saloon in which are kept the hearses & coaches on the same story are the coffin maKers workshops. &. underneath on the ground story are the stables &c, The whole of the property of Mr John Croal & as Occupiers, belongs to the firm of mr. John Croal & Sons. |
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Edinburgh Saw Mill |
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COMB MANUFACTORY |
Comb Manufactory |
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This manufactory is situated on the E. [East] side of Leith Walk and of late has been doing only limited business. it has [been] established as a Comb [Manufactory] Since 1785 and for sometime carried on an active business under the occupier Mr [---] Carstairs. |
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LONDON ROAD |
London Road
London Road |
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BRUNTON PLACE |
Brunton Place
Brunton Place
Brunton Place |
Corner TicKet
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LOVER'S LANE |
Lover's Lane
Lover's Lane |
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A by road extending from London Road near Brunton Place to Leith WalK. |
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ROYAL TERRACE GARDENS |
Royal Terrace Gardens
Royal Terrace Gardens |
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An enclosed plot [of] ornamental ground [---] fenced in by wooden [rails] & is well laid with [---] flower plots &c. also [planted] with forest trees Shrubs &c. [It is] the property of Heriots [Hospital], and occupied by [James] Turner. This is also used [as a] public pleasure garden [Individuals] are allowed access [on payment] of a sum annually [and] is sometimes moderate [according to] the circumstances of the [individual] Flowers and Shrubs are [also] cultivated here for [sale] |
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Royal Terrace |
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PARISH OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH
SHEEET. 25.
INDEX.
Names of Objects -- Page
Broughton Street -- 29
Blenheim Place -- 30
Baxters Place -- 31
Elm Row -- 27
Forth Street -- 29
Greenside Place -- 32
Greenside Lane -- 32
Greenside Inft [Infant] School -- 33
Greenside End -- 34
Greenside Church and School -- 34
Parish of the City of Edinburgh -- 27
Lower Greenside Street -- 28
Rood Well of Greenside -- 35
Site of Monastery of Carmelite Friars 1526 Subsequently Greenside Hospital for Lepers -- 29 |
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ELM ROW |
Elm Row
Elm Row
Elm Row |
Name on Corner
D. Stirling
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[Situation] E. [East] Side of Leith Walk opp [opposite] Gayfield Square.
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WINDSOR STREET |
Windsor Street Windsor Street |
Name on Corner
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[Situation] Running out of the West end of London Road.
A short wide Street of tastefully built houses 2 stories high extending from the centre of Leopold Place to Montgomery Street |
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CITY OF EDINBURGH [parish] |
Parish of the City of Edinburgh |
Stat; Acct; [Statistic] [Account]
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[Situation] In the N. [North] portion of the Co. [County] of Edinb. [Edinburgh].
See Descript Rem: [Descriptive Remarks] in N. [Name] book of Sheet 35 of Edinbh [Edinburgh] Page 67. |
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HILLSIDE CRESCENT |
Hillside Crescent
Hillside Crescent |
Name on Corner of St
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[Situation] N. [North] side of London Road joining Leopold Place.
This crescent is only partly built consisting of a few dwellings at the western side. the portion on the E. [Eastern] Side of Brunswick Street is Still unbuilt. |
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LOWER GREENSIDE STREET |
Lower Greenside Street
Lower Greenside Street |
Corner Ticket
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[Situation] West Side of Greenside Row.
A short narrow Street leading from Greenside Lane to Greenside End |
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HART STREET |
Hart Street
Hart Street
Hart Street |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lamp posts
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A short wide Street extending from Broughton Place to Forth Street. The houses are of good class all private dwellings & from 3 to 5 storeys high. The Street is clean & well paved. |
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FORTH STREET |
Forth Street
Forth Street
Forth Street |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lamp posts
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[Situation] S. [South] end of Hart Street.
A Short Street extending from Broughton Street to Union Street. It is clean & well paved. The houses are 3 to 4 storeys. The houses are private dwellings (no shops). |
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BROUGHTON STREET |
Broughton Street |
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SITE OF MONASTERY OF CARMELITE FRIARS 1526 SUBSEQUENTLY GREENSIDE HOSPITAL 1591 FOR LEPERS |
Site of Monastery of Carmelite Friars 1526 subsecuently Greenside Hospital 1591 for Lepers. |
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PICARDY PLACE |
Picardy Place
Picardy Place
Picardy Place |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lampposts
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[Situation] South end of Leith Walk.
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UNION PLACE |
Union Place
Union Place
Union Place |
Corner TicKet Name on Ticket
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[Situation] E. [East] side of Leith Walk near the S. [South] end.
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BLENHEIM PLACE |
Blenheim Place
Blenheim Place
Blenheim Place |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lampposts
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[Situation]At the West end of London Road.
This name applies to [a] range of houses or the continuation westward [of] Royal Terrace to Baxter's Place & Leith WalK. These houses [are] of a Superior class. The building adjoining Baxter's Place is a massive & well [constructed] building ornamented with pillars & balconies in front of [the] windows. |
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BAXTER'S PLACE |
Baxter's Place
Baxter's Place
Baxter's Place |
Corner TicKet
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[Situation] At the S. [South] end of Leith Walk.
A handsome & well Constructed range of houses 5 storeys high with sunK areas in front and raised terraces under which are coal cellars, the top of which is flagged & railed in. There are 3 small shops under part of this terrace which fronts the main Street. |
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LEOPOLD PLACE |
Leopold Place
Leopold Place
Leopold Place |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lampposts
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[Situation] W., [West ] end of London Road.
This name applies to two ranges of handsome houses. The one extending from Elm Row to Windsor Street. The other from Windsor Street to Hillside Crescent. The houses are 5 storeys & of a superior class. |
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GREENSIDE PLACE |
Greenside Place
Greenside Place
Greenside Place |
Corner TicKet
Name on Lampposts
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[Situation] South of Baxter's Place.
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GREENSIDE LANE |
Greenside Lane
Greenside Lane |
Corner TicKet
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[Situation] Passg [Passing] the South end of Baxter's Place.
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LOWER GREENSIDE ROW |
Lower Greenside Row
Lower Greenside Row
Lower Greenside Row |
Corner TicKets
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[Situation] About 4 chs [chains] W. [West] from S. [South] end of Baxter's Place.
This name applies to the continuation northwards of Greenside Row from Greenside Lane to [Greenside] End. The houses are occupied by mechanics &c [---] it is Greenside Infants School on the West side of the [Street] is a large Upholsterers worKshop |
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GREENSIDE INFANT SCHOOL |
Greenside Infants School
Greenside Infants School |
Inscription on Door
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[Situation] At the N. [North] end of Greenside Row.
A plain low building being a house in Lower Greenside Row which was altered and improved for the use of an infant school which is Kept here. This school is supported by a number of ladies who formed a society for the purpose of supporting it for the education of poor children of the locality. One penny a weeK of school fees are paid by those who can afford but most of the scholars are free. It is taught by a Schoolmistrees & an assistant. The average attendance including boys & girls are about 75. It is under the patronage of the minister & KirKsession of Greenside. The teachers are paid by the Society above mentioned. |
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GREENSIDE END |
Greenside End |
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[Situation] Northern end of Lower Greenside Street & Row.
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GREENSIDE CHURCH & SCHOOL |
Greenside Church & School |
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H James Cap. RE. [Captain Royal Engineers] 9 Novr. [November] 1852. |
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ROOD WELL OF GREENSIDE |
Rood Well of Greenside
Rood Well of Greenside |
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A Pump at the north end of Greenside Row, formerly Rood Well of Greenside, and belonging to the Carmelite Friars in that locality. during the sixteenth century, at a latter period, previous to the City of Edinburgh been supplied by water from Crawley, this was a favourite well, but latter a pump was placed in it, and it is now confined more for the use of a few families in the immediate neighbourhood, |
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[Date stamp] ORDNANCE SURVEY M.S. STORE SOUTHAMPTON 15 DEC [December] 92
Name of Parishes -- Page
ST CUTHBERTS -- 1.
SOUTH LEITH -- 13.
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