Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANONGATE [street] | Canongate Canongate Canongate Canongate |
Corner Tickets Name on Lamp Posts P.O. [Post Office] Directory Chambers's Traditions |
002 | [Situation] Extends from High Street to Abbey. This name applies to a long main Street the Continuation eastwards of High Street from the end of St. Mary's Wynd and Leith Wynd to the junction of Watergate, and Horse Wynd, near to Holyrood Palace. The houses are old and irregularly built, and generally from 3 to 6 Stories high, tenanted by Shopkeepers, mechanicals etc. The lower Stories are occupied as shops in various lines of business, and Chiefly in the retail trade. it Contains Several Public buildings, and not a few remarkable old houses, for all of which Descriptive Remarks are written. The name "Canongate" is also applied to the parish and burgh adjoining the City of Edinburgh. |
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Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
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.