Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ADAM SQUARE | Adam Square Adam Square |
Corner Tickets P.O [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] N. [North] side of South Bridge A small square containing [--] good houses, 4 stories high and [--] built. The lower stories are [chiefly used] as Shops, and the upper stories [--] and [warerooms]. It contains [the School] of Arts, an institution for the [instruction] of Mechanics &c. in literary and [Scientific] knowledge |
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| SCHOOL OF ARTS | School of Arts | Inscription on Building | [Situation] In Adam Square This School was instituted in [1821 for] the instruction of mechanics and [--] in the elements of scientific [Knowledge] and is supported by donations [and] subscriptions. There are classes [for the] instruction in the following [--] Drawing, Modelling, Chemistry, [--], French, Natural Philosophy, and [--] |
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 36
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895
Town Plan of Edinburgh (south east part) Surveyed: 1849-53 Scale: 1:1056
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 36
Parish of the City of Edinburgh
School of Arts [note]
? a Public Building
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.