OS1/11/105/52
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DICKSON'S COURT | DicKson's Court | Name above entrance | [Situation] On the East side of Bristo Street. A small Court entered from Bristo Street, it is clean and flagged, and the houses are three stories high tenanted by Mechanics. |
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KING'S BRIDGE | King's Bridge King's Bridge King's Bridge |
Mr Laing Plan of Edinburgh Mr Lancefield C.E. [Civil Engineer] |
[Situation] SW. South West side of the Castle. A large bridge of [arch] at the junction of Spittal Street, Castle Terrace, & Johnston Terrace which forms the S.W. [South West] approach [to] the old Town of Edinburgh. [The] road underneath it forms an approach from the New Town by way of Lothian Road to the Grass Market. The bridge is rather a sort of tunnel as there is a considerable height of [---] over the arch. There are two tall [pillars] at each end of the bridge. |
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[Page] 52Parish of St Cuthbert
Transcriber's notes
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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Bizzy- Moderator, Brenda Meldrum
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