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[---] from the present state of the ground insecure . Mr. Chambers mentions that in 1384 when visited by Frossiart it
[---] 4000 houses which implys a population of at least 20,000 - see sketch of its history in Chamber' gazeteer of Scotland
[---] site of Edinburgh was ill chosen both topographically and geographically. Its castle indeed was impregnable before the
[invention] of gunpowder. but the town seldom made a stout defence. but was generally entered and rifled by an enemy
[with] little trouble, it was too near the border to be secure against surprise, & was surrounded by a country far from fertile
[---] had not like Glasgow the advantage of a large river; it was ill supplied with water for internal consumpsion
[---] miserable bad port for commerce, Had political reasons governed those who fixed the site of the capital a site
[would] probably have been chosen on the other side of the firth.
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.