Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWERS HALL | Bowers Hall Bowers Hall Bowers Hall |
R. Finch Mr McDougal Post Off. Direcy [Office Directory] |
[Situation] About three chains W.S. [West South] West of Silverfield. A dwelling house with Market garden attached occupd [occupied] by Mr Lindsay |
|
| PAINT AND COLOUR WORKS [Silverfield] | Silverfield Paint & Colour Silverfield Paint & Colour |
R. French Mr McDougal |
[Situation] At the Western end of Spences Place Gt. [Great] Junction St. A few house occupied as a Paint & Colour Works. |
|
| PILRIG HOUSE | Pilrig House | R. French Mr McDougal Mr Balfour |
[Situation] Nine chains East of North of Bonnington Toll Bar (at the North end of the Edinburgh and Leith Cemetery). A large old Mansion house erected in 1638 by the Earl of Roseberry from whose family it has passed into the possession of the present proprietor Mr Balfour |
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Parish of St Cuthberts
Paint & Colour Works [note]
N.B. Paint & Colour works only to be written on Plan as it is in Silverfield
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.