Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGINAL RAGGED INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS | Original Ragged Industrial Schools Original Ragged Industrial Schools Original Industrial School |
Mr. Todd Teacher Report of Schools P. O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] A little West of the New College (Free Church) These schools occupy two handsome & well constructed buildings 3 stories high. One of these buildings was built and designed for the Tolbooth Parish School but through some litigation it could not be occupied for the intended purpose. One of the buildings is occupied as a boys school which are taught by three masters. This school contains at present 110 boys who receive food &, clothing & education in the School and are also taught habits of Industry by employing them part of each day at mechanical works for which there are mechanics workshops in the building with mechanics to teach the boys. The other building is occupied by the female and infant department & are taught by two female teachers & attended by 86 scholars who are taught on the same liberal principle as the boys school and the girls are taught sewing, washing &c there are none of the Scholars lodged in the schools, but a domitory is just now being fitted for the accommodation of about 30 girls orphans who are at present lodged at the expense of the school association |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
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.