Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROXBURGH CHURCH (Quoad Sacra) | Roxburgh Church Roxburgh Church |
William Munro. William Lammond |
[Situation] East side of Roxburgh Place A large plain building [forming] a Quoad Sacra Church but [has] been used since the disruption [as] the free church in 1846. The minister who officiated being [the] Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Gregory who is of the Roxburgh Free Church [The] number of sittings in this [church] is about 1150. |
|
| FREE CHURCH [Hill Square] | Free Church Free Church |
Mr. Munro. William Lammond. |
[Situation] In Hill Square A neat structure the front ornamented with buttresses having a school house attached where 220 children are educated in [the] ordinary branches of English Number of sittings in this [church] is about 740. Number of [congregation] is about 400. The minister [is] Revd. Alexander Gregory whose [stipend] is £150. This church was [built in] 1846 the entrance to it is [from] Hill Square. |
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[Page] 81
Parish of St. Cuthberts.
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note both of the names Roxburgh Church and Free Church do not appear on the 6 inch map.
Some words in the Description are concealed by the fold of 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.