OS1/11/105/136

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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LADY STAIR'S CLOSE Lady Stair's Close
Lady Stair's Close		 Name above entrance
P. [Post] Office Directory		 [Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of N. [North] Bank Street
A narrow close well paved and clean leading from Castle Hill to North Bank Street. The houses on each side 5 storeys high. Occupied by WorK people
JAMES' COURT James' Court
James' Court		 Name above entrance
Post Office Directory		 [Situation] Betwixt Lawn market & North Bank St.
A large court surrounded by old houses seven storeys high in it are several worKshops. Printing offices &c. In one of the houses of this court is Kept the Mechanics Library. The dwellings are chiefly occupied by mechanics, printers &c. There are three entrances to this Court from Castle Hill. It is well paved & clean.

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Parish of the City of Edinburgh

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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