Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HARROW INN | Harrow Inn Harrow Inn |
Name above Door on Sign David Moffat |
[Situation] On the S. W. [South West] side of Candlemaker Row A pretty good Inn of about [---] years standing It is Situated [---] South Side of Candlemaker Row. and is licensed to sell British and foreign spirits |
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| CANDLEMAKERS' HALL | Candle Makers Hall | name over door | [Situation] In Candlemaker Row An old house in Candlemakers' [Row] The property of the incorporate body [of] Candle makers and in which they used to hold their meetings but now it is occupied by mechanics &c. The Hall is 4 stories High 1752 is inscribed over the door, in Stone |
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| CANDLEMAKER ROW | Candlemaker Row Candlemaker Row Candlemaker Row |
Corner Ticket D. Beatton Post Office Directory |
[Situation] Leaving the Eastern Extremity of Grass Market A short street running in a South east direction from Cowgate [---] to Grey Friars Place, houses [are] irregularly built and from one [to] four stories high |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Candle Makers Hall [note]
? two words and s O,M,O [Ordnance Map Office]
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in fold
This Name Book refers to Sheet 35 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Harrow Inn and Candlemakers' Hall do not appear on the 6 inch map.
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.