Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CITY CHAMBERS | City Chambers City Chambers |
George Wilson Mr. Paterson Govt [Government] Surveyor |
[Situation] On the N. [North] side of High Street A large & handsome building founded in 1753. The front of it is ornamented with a range of pillasters and with a pediment containing the City Arms. The interior contains the several offices in which the Municipal affairs of the city are carried on, viz. The custodier & Inspector of Weights & Measures office, Chamberlains office, The Provosts Chambers, Council Room Bailie Court Room, Procurator Fiscals office, Town clerks office, sasine & Register office, Dean of Guild clerks office, Public works office, Session clerks office for City, City accountants office, The building is well constructed & 5 storys high. |
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| OLD STAMP OFFICE CLOSE | Old Stamp Office Close Old Stamp Office Close |
Name above entrance P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the N. [North] side of High Street A narrow close paved and middling clean, leading from the High street (North side), to High Church Session school, the houses in it are from 4 to 5 stories high tenanted by people of different callings in humble life. |
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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.