Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MAYFIELD | Mayfield | Name on gate Mrs Orton Bathfield Cottage |
Situation - About 14 chs [chains] N.by W. [North by West] from [North] Leith Church. A neat Cottage, with garden attached. the Property and residence of Mr Dowie. |
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| Remains of ST NICHOLAS' PORT AND TOWN WALL (1549) [Leith] | St Nicholas Port | Doctor Robertson [Historian] Mr Hutchison [Author of Traditions of Leith] |
[Situation] About 18 chs [chains] E. N. E. [East North East] from North Leith Church. This name applies to the fragment of an old arched Gateway, underneath the Seventh Bastion, Situated at the Western extremity of the fortification of Leith, which was raised by General D'esse in the years 1549. |
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| Remains of TOWN WALL (1549) | Town Wall [1549] | [Situation] About 18 chs [chains] E. N. E. [East North East] from North Leith Church. This name applies to the fragment of an old arched Gateway, underneath the Seventh Bastion, Situated at the Western extremity of the fortification of Leith, which was raised by General D'esse in the years 1549. |
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Parish of North Leith
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 12
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 83 - Parishes of North Leith and South Leith, OS1/11/83
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of North Leith, and South Leith.
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.