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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ABBEY CLOSE Abbey Close
Abbey Close
Abbey Close
Alexander Jeffrey Esqr.
G. Rutherford Esqr. Sheriff clerk
G. Hilson Esqr. Canongate
021.05 [Situation] S.E. [South East] from Castlegate.
A Short Street running from the Castlegate to the western gable of the Abbey. It was in olden times the principal approach to the Abbey. Here all unfree traders were wont to resort for disposing of their wares, as it was not subject to the burgh laws. The houses are Chiefly two Stories high, Occupied principally by working people, - the houses are all modern erections.
MANSE [S of parish church] Manse
Manse
Manse
Alexander Jeffrey Esqr.
G. Rutherford Esqr.
G. Hilson Esqr.
021.05 [Situation] South of Ph. [Parish] Church.
An edifise residence two Stories in height, in good repair, with garden attached. It Occupies a healthy Situation on the margin of Jed Water, and Commanding a beautiful view of the vale of Jed, Occupied by the Rev. [Reverend] G. Ritchie

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