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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEMALE SHELTER (Magdalene Asylum) [Grass Market] | Female Shelter | Miss Gray matron | [Situation] On the south side of the Grass Market This is a large house at the [south] of Gilmour's Close occupied [---] of refuge of females who [---]ating from the paths of virtue [---] a sincere desire of reformation [---] juvenile females who from [---]ent and other circumstances [---] danger to follow an evil [---] society is in existence about [---] for the first 5 years it was [---] The Scottish Ladies society [---] still principally supported by a committee of ladies. The [---] capable of accommodating [---] besides matrons who 4 in number [---] at present 39 inmates who are employed at [work] sewing &c. In the house there are 27 apartments. It is [---] by a chaplain the Revd [Reverend] George Veitch who attend every morning and [evening] to make prayer the inmates all go to church on Sundays. |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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.