Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHURCH (Reformed Presbyterian) [Lady Lawson's Wynd] | Reformed Presbyterian Church | Mr Robertson West Port P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the W. [West] side of Lady Lawsons Wynd. A middling size plain edifice in Lady Lawson's Wynd, belonging to the Cameronians or Reformed Presbyterians. It is seated for about 500 persons none of which are free. The congregation at present numbers about 500 amongst whom are 350 Comcants [Communicants] Ministery Salery amounts to £200 paid by voluntary subscription and from seat rents. |
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| CHURCH (Original Seceders) [Lauriston Street] | Church of original Seceders | Mr Hunter Care taKer | [Situation] On the East side of Lauriston Street. A good and substantial building in which the original Seceders worship. It is seated for 650 hearers, none of which are free. The present Congregation amounts to three hundred persons 250 of which are constant communicants, |
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| INGLIS' ENTRY | Inglis' Entry | Name over entrance | [Situation] On the side of Fountain Bridge. A dirty irregular formed close extending between Cowfeeders Row and Fountain Bridge. The houses are two stories high and are in bad repair and inhabited by weavers and poor people of different Callings. |
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Parish of St Cuthbert
Transcriber's notes
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.