Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOEMAKERS' ENTRY | Shoemaker's Entry Shoemaker's Entry |
Name over Entrance P.O [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] E. [East] side of Potter Row An entry leading into a Small Court Containing a few dwellings and the Shoemaker's Hall. the name applies to the Court as well as the Entry or Passage |
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| SHOEMAKERS' HALL | Shoemaker's Hall Shoemaker's Hall |
Name over Entrance Mr. Brown Potter Row. |
[Situation] East side of Potter Row The upper Story of a house in Shoemaker's Entry, used as a hall or place of meeting by the Corporation of Shoemakers. |
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| BRISTO STREET | Bristo Street | See Name Book of Sheet 35. | 002 | [Situation] About 9 chains S. [south] of the College See descript Rem: [descriptive Remarks] in Name Bk [Book] of Sheet 35. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 88
Parish of St. Cuthberts
[Note below entry for Shoemakers' Entry]
[?] in Street Character
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Shoemaker's Entry and Shoemaker's Hall 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.