Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALTON HILL | Calton Hill Calton Hill |
Johnstone's Map Fullarton's Gazetteer | [Situation] At East End of Princes Street A rounded and partly [---] eminence rising abruptly [from] the eastern termination of the Ridge on which Princes [and] Georges streets are built and [rising] On its southwestern side the [Continuation] of the valley by which the ridge of the High St. is separated from that of the new town. Between it and the Princes [St] Ridge a deep and narrow hollow is formed which winds eastward round the base of the hill and is lost [---] the plain that extends to Leith. From the summit it slopes [gently] towards the southeast, to the N. [North] west it exhibits an abrupt rounded face. Its great mass is Composed of Claystone - porphyry and trap-tufa On it stands Nelson's Monument A most Conspicuous object. also the Royal Observatory, the monuments erected to the Memory of Dugald Stewart Professor Playfair, it is also intersected with roads And walks [---] Well lighted up with gas. From the summit of this hill is a most magnificent extensive and picturesque view of the City, the Castle, Leith, Frith of Forth [---]Shire, Haddingtonshire &c. |
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Parish of City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in fold
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 100 - Parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/100
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate, and The City of Edinburgh.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.