Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MARY KING'S COTTAGE | Mary King's Cottage | David Cumming Agent | [Situation] On the E. [East] side of Mary King's Close An old house one story [---] situated on the N. [North] East side of Mary Kings Close from which the cottage has taken its name. [---] in bad repair, and [occupied] by poor working people. |
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| Site of TOWN GUARD HOUSE | City Guard House site of City Guard House site of The Town Guard House |
Mr. Marshall Lawn Market Mr. McGraw George St. Chambers ReeKina map attached |
[Situation] In High Street This was an old building used by the City Guard previous to the year [---] It stood in the centre of the High Street opposite to Bells Wynd. "The Town Guard" says Mr. [Chambers] in his traditions of Edinburgh, [---] previous to 1785 a Guard House in the middle of the High Street the black hole of [which] had rather a bad character among the [bucks] and the frail ladies," |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Site of Town Guard [note]
Doctor Wilson, Secretary of the Antiquarian
Society, States that the Town Guard house was erected in or
about Cromwell's time, as it was in existence when
he visited Scotland,
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in 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.