Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ST CATHERINE'S SESSIONAL SCHOOL | St. Cuthbert's Sessional School St. Cuthbert's Sessional School Sessional School |
Inserted on front of Building William Wason, Teacher P. O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] At the SE [South East] corner of Newington Burying Ground. Applies to a School house on the South side of DalKeith road opposite the junction of Old Gibbet Toll and Gibbet Loan. It is endowed from the St. Cuthberts Court of Session There is an average attendance of 55 males and 59 Females who are taught the ordinary branches of an English education The master is Mr. William Wason |
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| NEWINGTON INFANT SCHOOL | Newington Infant School Newington Infant School |
on front of Building William Wason Teacher |
[Situation] Adjoing St. Cuthberts Sessional School. A small apartment adjoining the St. Cuthberts Sessional School used as a schoolhouse for the instruction of children under seven years of age It is endowed from the St. Cuthberts Court of Session here also the girls of the St. Cuthberts Sessional School are taught Sewing for two hours each day the daily average attendance of infants is 25. The Teacher is a Miss McGregor |
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Parish of St. Cuthberts
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 44
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 117 - Parish of St Cuthberts, OS1/11/117
This volume contains place name information from the parish of St Cuthberts.
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.