Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD PLAYHOUSE CLOSE | Old Playhouse Close | Corner Tickets P.O [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] South Side of Canongate. A short and narrow close containing a few dwellings and store rooms |
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| ST JOHN'S CLOSE | St. John's Close Johns Close |
P.O [Post Office] Directory Name over Entrance |
[Situation] South Side of Canongate. A dirty and ill paved close [containing] a few dwellings occupied by [work] people. |
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| SOUTH BACK OF CANONGATE | South Back of Canongate South Back of Canongate |
Corner Tickets. P.O [Post Office] Directory |
002 | [Situation] Extends from E [East] Extremity of Cowgate to Holyrood Palace. The Continuation Eastward of Cowgate to Holyrood Palace [it] is a wide and well built Street [and] Contains several manufactories, brewerys, workshops etc. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 150
Parish of Canongate.
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Old Playhouse Close and St. John'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.