Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOLBOOTH WYND | Tolbooth Wynd | Corner Ticket John Smith Thomas Whyte St Andrew Street P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] Extending N.W. [North West] from Kirkgate. A long narrow Street leading from near the Northeast end of Kirkgate to the Docks. for further description See Name List for Sheet 13. | ||||||
| WATER LANE | Water Lane | Corner Ticket Robert Baish P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] Continuation of the North Side of Kirkgate. For Description See Name List for Sheet 13. | ||||||
| OLD SUGARHOUSE CLOSE | Old Sugarhouse Close Old Sugar-house Close |
John Smith Esq. Leith Candle Co. [Company] Mr Cathcart Mr McLean Tolbooth Wynd P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] Between St Andrew Street and Tolbooth Wynd S.E. [South East] of Flesh Market. A narrow Street or passage leading from Tolbooth Wynd to St Andrew Street. [The] houses are 2 & 3 storeys high, mostly occupied by Mechanics etc. On the West side is [the] Leith Candle Company's Works. The house at the North Entrance of this s---[Street?] is surmounted by a square tower and built about 170 years ago by a Captain R--- | ||||||
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Parish of South Leith
Tolbooth Wynd Object: Narrow Street
Water Lane Object: For Description See Name List for Sheet 10
Old Sugarhouse Close Object: Narrow Street or Passage
Transcriber's notes
Referring to "Old Sugarhouse Close", some words are caught in the fold of the page.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 88 - Parishes of St Cuthberts and South Leith, OS1/11/88
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of St Cuthberts, 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.