OS1/11/105/147 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Description remarks
WRITER'S COURT	Writer's Court Writer's Court	Name above entrance Post Office Directory	[Situation] On the N. [North] side of High Street A wide clean & well [paved] court in which is a large office belonging to the [Caledonian] Loan Company & a few [---] dwellings.
OLD POST OFFICE CLOSE	Old Post Office Close Old Post Office Close	Name above entrance P. O. [Post Office] Directory	[Situation] On the N. [North] side of High St. A narrow close extending from High in some [---] it is arched over by the [---] most of the houses are in bad repair & 4 to 7 [stories] high some are stores used [by] Shopkeepers in High Street.
ANCHOR CLOSE	Anchor Close Anchor Close	Name at entrance P. [Post] Office Directory	[Situation] Leaving the N. [North] side of High Street A narrow close extending from High Street nearly [to] Market Street. The houses [are] old and irregular built, 3 to 7 stories high [tenanted by] the poorer class of [workers].

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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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