OS1/11/104/13

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
QUEENSFERRY STREET Queensferry Street
Queensferry Street
Corner TicKet
Inscripn [Inscription] on Lamp posts
[Situation] Extending NW. [North West] from the NE [North East] end of Maitland Street & South end of Hope Street.
A wide street extending from the west end of Princes Street to Melville Place & Charlotte Place The street is macadamised, and clean, &c. the houses are well constructed & of a good class, the lower apartments are generally occupied as shops. The upper parts are occupied as dwellings, by respectable families.
QUEENSFERRY STREET LANE Queensferry Street Lane
Queensferry Street Lane
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Smith
[Situation] From Queensferry Street to Stafford Street.
A narrow lane extending from Queensferry Street to Stafford Street It is macadamised, &c. The houses are small & occupied as stables, coach houses, &c.
RUTLAND STREET Rutland Street
Rutland Street
Corner TicKets
Inscripn [Inscription] on Lamp posts
[Situation] From the end of Princes Street & Lothian Road to Rutland Square.
A short wide street leading from Rutland Place to Rutland Square It is well paved & supplied with every necessary. The houses are of a good class & occupied by respectable persons.

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Parish of St. Cuthberts

Form 136 Page
54 - Queensferry Street
55 - Rutland Street

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 34
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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