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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Description remarks
NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE OFFICE	North British Insurance Office North British Insurance Office North British Insurance Office	W. Young Esqr secretary Inscriptn [Inscription] on House P. [Post] Office Directory	[Situation] In Princes Street 3 chains E. [East] of South Hanover Street A large &. handsome house occupied as an Insurance office and the Secretary's dwelling. It is the Head office of the Company The front is handsomely ornamented and has a Sculptured Statue of St Andrew & his cross over the front entrance. It is the property of the Company
BANK (Private) [Alexander Allan & Co.]	Alexander Allan and Companys Bank Alexander Allan and Companys Bank	J. Allan Esqr. Directory 1851	[Situation] In Princes Street nearly opposite Waverly Bridge This is a private Bank established about 60 years ago It occupies the 2d. flat of a large house which is the property of the Company Here is also Kept a sub office of the Sun Fire Insurance Company & also of the friendly Insurance Company
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY'S OFFICE	North British Railway Company's Office	Inscription on house and on Door Plates	[Situation] On the north Side of St. Andrew's Square A large house four Storieshigh Occupied as an office and is the property of the Railway Company whose name it bears. It is so occupied these 5 years past

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Parish of St. Cuthberts

Alexander Allan and Companys Bank [note] not on plan

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

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