OS1/11/105/199
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST GILES'S CHURCH | St. Giles's Church St. Giles's Church Church of St. Giles St. Giles's Church St. Giles's Church St. Giles' Church St. Giles's Church St. Giles' Cathedral St. Giles' Cathedral St. Giles's Church St. Giles's Church |
Mr. Robertson Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] 1845 McDowall's Guide BooK Chambers Traditions of Edinburgh Maitlands History of Edinburgh P.O. [Post Office] Directory Chalmers Caledonia Fullartons Gazetteer KirKwood's Map of Edinburgh Mr. Laing Signet Library Mr. Browne W.S. [Writer to the Signet] Clerk to road Trustees |
[Situation] On the S. [South] side of High St. at Parliament Square A large and handsome structure of the ornamented Gothic Style [with] a handsome square tower [---] by open stone work in the [form] of an Imperial Crown. The [height] of this tower & spire is 160 feet. At [present] this edifice is divided into [---] places of worship. The New North [---] the Old Church, and the High [---] The last of which has seats for [---] town council and the judges of [the] Supreme Court, and a throne [---] mounted with a canopy for [---] Soverign. The sittings in the High Church including the seats for the Town Council Judges &c &c are [---] there are none appropriated as free seats for the poor. The sittings in [---] Old Church are 710 and in the New North Church are 1388. There was a Grave yard formerly attached to this church The site of which is now occupied by the Courts of Law & other buildings & also the Parliament Square occupy that which was more recently used as [---]. The lower part of this Grave yard approaching the Cowgate was denominated the Lower Churchyard |
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[Page] 199Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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Words lost in foldThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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