Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| GILLON'S CLOSE | Gillons Close Gillons Close |
Corner Ticket P.O [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] South Side of Canongate to South Back of Canongate A long, irregular Close [extending] from South Back of Canongate [to] Canongate. It contains [?] and curriers workshop, a[?] dwellings occupied by work [people] |
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| ST THOMAS' SCHOOL (Episcopal) | St. Thomas's School | Mr F Johnston Gibbs Close | [Situation] In Gibbs close South Side of Canongate. A School in connection with [the] Episcopal Church of St. [?] It is supported by public [?] and the School fees. Average [attendance] about 200 of both sexes. |
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| GIBB'S CLOSE | Gibbs Close Gibbs Close |
Corner Ticket P.O [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] South Side of Canongate. A Short close well paved [and] drained. It is Situated [on the] South Side of Canongate |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 148
Parish of Canongate
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Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Gillon's Close, St Thomas's School and Gibb's Close do not appear on the 6 inch map.
Some words in the Description are concealed by the fold in the page.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 106 - Parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/106
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.