Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HIGH SCHOOL YARDS | High School Yards | Corner Ticket | [Situation] From Infirmary St. to Surgeons Square An irregular Short Street extending from infirmary Street to Surgeons Square. The houses are irregularly built from one to five stories high some are apparently old & in indifferent repair others are of a tolerable good class occupied by persons of various pursuits & employment. |
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| WILLIAMS' SECULAR SCHOOL | Williams' Secular School Williams' Secular School |
Inscription on Board W. M. Williams. |
[Situation] In Surgeon's Square A neat & well constructed building well fitted for classes. This building was opened for this school in September 1849. It was formerly an anatomical lecture room Mr. George Combe & Mr. James Simpson are the promoters of this Scheme of education. It was instituted for the purpose of affording to the children of the working classes of Edinburgh a usefull secular education formed on the model of the Birkbeck School of the London Mechanics Institution. The teaching is confined to matters purely secular but religious sentiments are cherished by inculcating reverence [for God] & obedience to his laws, The sectarian religious instructions is left entirely to the parents & spiritual teachers for this purpose the school is not opened on [Sundays]. It is supported by public subscription. It is conducted by Mr. Williams & a female assistance for the female class. On the monitorial system average attendance about 160. |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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
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.