Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| COWGATE | Cowgate | See Name BooK Sheet | [Situation] See page 133. See Descriptive Remarks in Name Book of |
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| ST MARY MAGDALENE'S CHAPEL and Remains of HOSPITAL | St Mary Magdalenes Chapel & remains of Hospital Magdelen Chapel Magdelen Chapel Magdalen Chappel Chapel & Hospital of St Mary Magdalene Chapel & Hospital of St Mary Magdalene |
Mr. Laing Signet Library Inscription on Wall Mr. Ingram Teacher Maitlands Hist. [History] of Edinburgh Lecture on the Christian Antiquities of Edinburgh. Maitlands History |
[Situation] On the South Side of Cowgate A small old chapel in Cowgate the property of the corporation of Hammermen, it is leased to [the] Countess of Effingham who pays [a] Salary to a preacher for [attending] on Sunday Evenings, it can [accommodate] a congregation of about [---] The minister is of the Free church [continued on page 213a] |
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| LADY EFFINGHAM'S SCHOOL | Lady Effinghams School Lady Effinghams School |
Inscription on Board Mr. Ingram Teacher |
[Situation] On the South Side of Cowgate A well constructed house two [stories] high divided into class rooms [for] scholars and a sewing school [for ---] the average number of Scholars [may be] taken at 100. It is leased by [the] Countess of Effingham pays part of the Teachers Salary and pays the Sewing Mistress |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 213
142
Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[Note below entry for Lady Effingham's School]
apostrophe omitted
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.