Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LEITH SAW MILLS | Leith Saw Mills Leith Saw Mills |
John Wilson Mr Halby |
[Situation] About Seven ch [chains] West of the South Leith Poor House. This name applies to a few houses sheds &c, in which about eleven saws are continually at work, propelled by water and steam, attached are a number of open and bonded wood yards, all the property of - Boyd Esq Hillhouse-field House. |
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| BOWLINGGREEN STREET | Bowlinggreen Street Bowlinggreen Street Bowlinggreen Street Bowling-Green Street Bowling-green Street |
John Wilson J Waddell Mr Malcolm P.O. [Post Office] Directory Post Office Directory Index |
[Situation] Extends S.S.W [South South West] from Great Junction St. to the Water of Leith. A street leading off of Junction Street. The houses in it which are on the west side only, are three stories high inhabited by working people of the better class. |
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Parish of South Leith
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 16
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 87 - Parishes of North Leith, South Leith and St Cuthberts, OS1/11/87
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of North Leith, South Leith, and 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.