OS1/11/105/91
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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POLICE CHAMBERS [High Street] | Police Chambers Police Chambers Police Chambers Police Buildings |
John Brown Esq. Mr. Patterson Surveyor House Keeper at Police Chambers Mr. Kerr Board of Works |
[Situation] On the South Side of High Street and on the E. [East] side of Parliament Square A large building at the east end of the. Parliament Square in it is a Court Room where one of the City Magistrates Sits every day to hear Cases Connected with Police department. the Sheriff or his Substitute also sits here once a day to hear Cases coming under his jurisdiction. In the building is the Clerk of Courts Office. Magistrates Room, Office of Superintendent & Watching Department, Office of Inspector of Lighting & Cleaning. Office of Fire Master & Board Room. Committee Room Office of the Clerk of Commissioners, Surveyor & House Inspectors Office Office of Inspector of Streets & Buildings. Surgeon & Lieutenant's Rooms. In the Southern part of the building is 30 cells which serve as a temporary prison for offenders waiting the decision of the Police Court and as many as 70 or 80 delinquents have been incarcerated at one time. |
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[Page] 91Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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