Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENT CHAPEL [Roxburgh Place] | Independent Chapel. Independent Chapel. |
Hugh Brown William Munro. |
[Situation] On the West side of Roxburgh Place A large plain stone building belonging to the independants Number of sittings is 950 all of which are free the average attendance at divine worship is 600. Number of congregation is about 350. The minister is the Revd. [Reverend] Henry Wright whose stipend is £200 per annum there is raised by voluntary subscription by this congregation about £460 for various religious purposes. It is situated in Roxburgh Place. |
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| JOHN KNOX'S CORNER | John Knox's Corner John Knox's Corner |
Mr. Wilson John Knoxs House Mr. Liston Canongate |
[Situation] At the Nether Bow Port This name applies to a part of the High Street at the Corner of John Knox's House where this house forms a remarkable projection into the Street. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[Note below entry for Independent Chapel]
1150 on plan
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Independent Chapel and John Knox's Corner do not appear on the 6 inch map.
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.