OS1/11/105/179 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Description remarks
GILMOUR'S CLOSE	Gilmour's Close Gilmour's Close	Ticket at entrance P. [Post] Office Directory	[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of the Grass MarKet A narrow but tolerable clean well paved close the houses [---] stories high occupied by work [---] at the end of it is the [Female] Shelter. A Magdelane Assylum.
COWIE'S CLOSE	Cowie's Close Cowie's Close	TicKet at entrance P. [Post] Office Directory	[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of Grass Market A dirty narrow close ill paved [---] houses are old and dilapidated [---] and two stories high tenanted [by] the poorer class of work people.
WEST SMITH'S CLOSE	West Smith's Close West Smith's Close	TicKet at entrance P. O. [Post Office] Directory	[Situation] Leaving the S. [South] side of Grass MarKet An irregular close in which [---] stables there are also a few [---] constructed house occupied [by] work people.

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[Page] 179
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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