Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| QUEENSFERRY ARMS INN [King's Stables] | Queensferry Arms Inn | Sign board Mrs Bird (Occupier) |
[Situation] On the South side of King's Stables. A good house two stories high occupied as an Inn for a number of years, having for a sign the Queensferry Arms, the occupier has licenses to sell all kinds of drink eccept wine, and has lodgings and good stabling. |
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| KING'S STABLES INN | King's Stables Inn | Sign board | [Situation] On the South side of Kings Stables. A pretty good house two stories high occupied by Mrs Simpson who has licence to sell Porter ales and spirits, and keeps lodgings and stabling. |
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| BURKE'S HOUSE | BurKe's House BurKe's House |
Mr Paterson West Port Occupiers |
[Situation] On the N. [North] side of West Port. A house in Tanners Close (West Port), two stories high, in bad repair, in which the notorious Burke and Hare lured and carried on their murderous traffic |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of St Cuthbert
King's Stables Inn [note] ? Apostrophe
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.