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REGISTER OFFICE | Register Office Register Office Register House Register office Register office |
Mr. Marshal Map of City Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 Page 717 Stat. Acct. 1845 Page 645 KirKwood's map |
[Situation] At the East end of Princes Street A large & handsome structure after a plan by the celebrated Robert Adam. It forms a square of 200 feet on each side and contains 100 apartments for the dispatch of public business. In the interior of the square is a circular building surmounted with a dome and containing a marble statue of George III. At each angle of the building is a Small square Turet, those towards the front have indexes shewing the direction of the wind there also a clocK. In this building are departments all state papers, Copies of the Title deeds of property, contract, mortgages, documents made use of in actions before the court of session &c. A stone screen runs in front of the building & on a platform in the centre to be erected an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington. |
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[Page] 31Parish of St. Cuthberts
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 29OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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