Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE AND TAVERN | Paxton's Royal Exchange Coffee House and Tavern Paxton's Royal Exchange Coffee House and Tavern Royal Exchange Coffee House |
John Paxton Royal Exchange Coffee House Mr. Morham city clerk P. O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the N. [North] Side of High Street four stories high of a house [---] in height The occupier Mr [Paxton] keeps good refreshments and has licence to sell all Kinds of drinKs, |
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| PLACE OF PUBLIC EXECUTION [High Street] | Place of Public Execution | Mr. Matheson office of worKs | [Situation] At the north Side of the County Buildings This is the place where [---] punishment is inflicted on [Criminals] who are condemned to death [in] Edinburgh. On such occasions a wooden gallows is erected, on this spot, and when the execution is done it is then taKen [---] &. laid up until again required There is no permanently fixed gallows in Edinburgh. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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.