Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| STEAD'S PLACE | Stead's Place Stead's Place Stead's Place |
Corner Ticket George Denholm P.O. [Post Office] Directory |
[Situation] On the West side of Leith Walk opposite Ronaldson's Building A row of buildings on the side of Leith Walk terminating at Allison's Place, it also applies to a row of dwelling [houses] running in a Westerly direction from Leith Walk. |
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| LEITH WALK | Leith Walk | Corner Ticket Name on Lamp Pts. [Posts] William Denholm |
[Situation] Extending in a N.E. [North Easterly] direction from Catherine St. Edinb [Edinburgh] to Kirkgate Junction St. & Constitution St. Leith This name applies to the l[ane] & Street commencing at Cath[erine] St. and running to Great Junction St. and Kirkgate Leith, at present it is not built up on each side, it [is] the connecting thoroughfar[e] of Edinburgh & Leith and contains many good shops & dwelling houses and one or [two] manufactories. |
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Parish of St. Cuthbert's
Transcriber's notes
Stead's Place & Leith Walk - words lost in fold
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 21
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 92 - Parishes of South Leith and St Cuthberts, OS1/11/92
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of 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.