Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD BOURSE | Old Bourse Old Bourse Queen Mary's Bourse |
Dr [Doctor] Robertson Mr Hutchison Tales & Traditions of Leith by Mr Hutchison |
[Situation] At the N. [North] end of Queen Street. This exchange or marKet Place, for the Merchants of Leith during the Regency of Mary of Guise, stood at the South Corner of Queen Street [formerly Known as the Paunch Market] immediately underneath the old Shipping Company's Office which was formerly supported by pillars, forming a piazza below. These pillars are now built into the northeast wall of the house alluded to, therefore are no longer visible from the outside. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of South Leith
Old Bourse Object: Exchange or Market Place
[note]
"During the Regency of Mary of Lorraine there was established in
this district a sort of exchange, where the merchants of the
period met to transact business. This place of meeting was Called
the Burss being a Corruption of the French word Bourse which
in that language designates a place appropriated to the purpose
just mentioned. This resort Maitland conceives was situated at the
lower end of the Paunch MarKet now Queen Street a conjecture which
he considers is strengthened to use his own words by the remains of three
piazzas on the Southern side either for shelter or for Shops. The spot to
which Maitland alludes is the South Corner of Queen Street immediately
underneath the Old Shipping Company's Office which was formerly supported by
pillars thus forming a piazza below. These pillars are now built in, and
form that shop lately occupied by Mr Milner druggist and are therefore no
longer visible from the outside"
Campbells History of Leith
Page 337
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 13
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 84 - Parishes of North Leith and South Leith, OS1/11/84
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.