Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST JOHN'S FREE CHURCH AND SCHOOL | St. John's Free Church & School St. John's Free Church & School |
Mr. McCraw Elder James Ritchie Candlemakers Row |
[Situation] A little S.E. [South East] of Castle Hill A neat and well built edifice partly combining the Gothic and Elizabethan styles of architecture, it was erected by Voluntary subscriptions from the Congregation, and a little from the Free Church building fund, The Church is Seated for about 1200 persons but owing to the fame of one of the Ministers as a preacher &c it is crowded generally to excess - sometimes amounting to 1400 and upwards, amongst whom are 1020 Communicants, The Ministers are the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Guthrie DD [Doctor of Divinity] and the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Hannay L.L.D [Doctor of Laws] who receives £300 each from the Congregation, and £122.0.0. from the Free Church Ministers fund. Underneath the Church is a spacious school room for religious and moral training, at present it is only occupied with a Sabbath School only - there is about 350 attending it. |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Note) out of the 1200 seats there are 100 free.
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.