Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| EDINBURGH POOR HOUSE WEST DIVISION | Charity Workhouse (West Division) Edinburgh Poor House Edinburgh Poor House Edinburgh Poor House |
James Christie William Scott P. [Post] Office Directory R, Davidson sub inspector Donald McDonald Poor rate Collector |
[Situation] On the West side of Forrest Road This building is the larger division of the Workhouse and contains the paupers who are able to work towards the benefit of the establishment, the [Governor] resides here and there are [generally] about 500 inmates in the premises |
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| EDINBURGH POOR HOUSE EAST DIVISION | Charity Workhouse (East Division) Edinburgh Poor House Edinburgh Poor House Edinburgh Poor House Edinburgh Poorhouse Poorhouse Charity Workhouse or Poor House |
James Christie William Scott Post Office Directory Robert Davidson "Sub inspector Donald McDonald Poor rate Collector R.S. Anderson clerk to B. [Board] of supervision for relief of the poor Act of Parliament 8 & 9 vict. c. [victoria chapter] 83 Stat, Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 |
[Situation] On the East Side of Forrest Road This Division contains the [infatuous] & embicile paupers numbering about 160, [connected] with this part of the establishment is the Dispensary, Apothecary House and the resident Supervisor and other necessary appendages & Governors apartments it is under the control of the "Parochial Board of [Management] of the Poor" and supported by the [---] of the Poor Rates |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[notes]
Edinburgh Poor House West Division
The name Edinburgh Poor House
to be written on Plan to the whole
building & West Division, and
East Division to be written to the
division to which the name apply
"The Statutory name is "Poorhouse"
under the act 8 & 9 vict. C. [victoria Chapter] 83 and
this is the denomination used & recognised
by the board of Supervision. Buildings
& Institutions erected before the act passed
will in common parlance retain their ancient
names which may have been conferred under
previous (local) acts"
(Signed ) R J Anderson
B. [Board] of supervision
Edn. [Edinburgh] 2 August 1852
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.