OS1/11/106/148

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  4. Midlothian, volume 106
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GILLON'S CLOSE Gillons Close
Gillons Close		 Corner Ticket
P.O [Post Office] Directory		 [Situation] South Side of Canongate to South Back of Canongate
A long, irregular Close [extending] from South Back of Canongate [to] Canongate. It contains [?] and curriers workshop, a[?] dwellings occupied by work [people]
ST THOMAS' SCHOOL (Episcopal) St. Thomas's School Mr F Johnston Gibbs Close [Situation] In Gibbs close South Side of Canongate.
A School in connection with [the] Episcopal Church of St. [?] It is supported by public [?] and the School fees. Average [attendance] about 200 of both sexes.
GIBB'S CLOSE Gibbs Close
Gibbs Close		 Corner Ticket
P.O [Post Office] Directory		 [Situation] South Side of Canongate.
A Short close well paved [and] drained. It is Situated [on the] South Side of Canongate

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 148
Parish of Canongate
131

Transcriber's notes

This Name Book refers to Sheet 36 of the Edinburgh Town Plan at 1:1056 scale.
Note the names Gillon's Close, St Thomas's School and Gibb's Close do not appear on the 6 inch map.

Some words in the Description are concealed by the fold in the page.

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Douglas Montgomery

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