Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| GOVERNOR'S HOUSE | Governor's House Governor's House |
W. MacPherson H. Brown |
[Situation] the S W. [South West] End of Edinburgh Prison A small but handsome castellated building in the S. [South] Western portion of the Edinburgh Prison it is set apart as the residence of the governor of the prison for the time being. |
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| THE BRIDEWELL or MIDDLE DIVISION (Female Wards) [Edinburgh Prison] | The Bridewell or Middle Division (female wards) The Bridewell or Middle Division (female wards) |
W. MacPherson H. Brown |
[Situation] The Middle Portion of Edinburgh Prison A large building of a Semi-Circular form, it has five floors the highest one is used as Store Rooms and an hospital, All round on each floor at the middle of the breadth is a corridor with cells on each side lighted respectively from the interior & exterior of the curvature. This prison is altogether set apart for females. It Contains 185 habitable cells. but no Solitary Confinement |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
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.