Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR BLACK'S TOMB | Doctor Black's Tomb Doctor Black's Tomb |
Name on Tombstone Map of Grave yard Mr Campbell Recorder |
[Situation] Near the South end of Greyfriars Church Yard A plain Tombstone Surrounded [with] a little drapery & erected [in the] memory of Doctor Black on it [the] following inscription, [Josephus] Black. in finibus Galliae, sed e [parentibus] quorum alter Hibernian. [altera vero] Scotiam. Patriam habuit, [Civis] Britanniarum, [natus academiae] Primo Glasguensis, [Edinburgenae] alumnus, Chymiam in [utraque] Summa laude profitebature, Felix [Naturæ] interpres in scrutando perspi cax [cautus, solers] in narrando disertus, Aeris fixi et, [caloris latentis] primus monstrator, obiit Aetatis 71 [A.D.] 1799 Amici qui eximiam ejus virtutem, et [ingenium] colere solebant, hunc, corporis [receptaculum], dum marmor hocce supersit, sic [designatum] voluere. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of The City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in the fold
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 105 - Parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/105
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts, 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.