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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ABERCROMBY PLACE Abercromby Place
Abercromby Place
Abercrombie Place
Abercromby Place
Corner TicKet
Inscripn [Inscription] on Lamp posts
Map of City.
P.O. [Post Office] Directory 1851
[Situation] From the South end of Dundas Street to the South end of Dublin Street.
A curved Street forming a crescent and extending from the end of Heriot Row passing the south end of Nelson Street to the junction of Dublin Street Albany Street and DuKe Street. The Street is clean & well paved and on the south side of it is Queen Street Gardens, The houses are four stories high with an underground Storey. They are of a superior class &, occupied by professional gentlemen & other respectable families. (See Name BooK Sheet 20 forms 136)
HERIOT ROW Heriot Row See Name BooK Sheet 20 [Situation] Along part of Queen Street Gardens on the north side
Descriptive RemarKs in Name BooK for Sheet. 20.
JAMAICA STREET Jamacia Street See Name BooK Sheet 20 [Situation] From Howe Street to India Place
Descriptive RemarKs in Name BooK for Sheet 20.

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 29
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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