OS1/11/105/52

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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.
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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Parish of St Cuthbert

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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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