OS1/11/106/41
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HIGH SCHOOL YARDS | High School Yards | Corner Ticket | [Situation] From Infirmary St. to Surgeons Square An irregular Short Street extending from infirmary Street to Surgeons Square. The houses are irregularly built from one to five stories high some are apparently old & in indifferent repair others are of a tolerable good class occupied by persons of various pursuits & employment. |
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| WILLIAMS' SECULAR SCHOOL | Williams' Secular School Williams' Secular School |
Inscription on Board W. M. Williams. |
[Situation] In Surgeon's Square A neat & well constructed building well fitted for classes. This building was opened for this school in September 1849. It was formerly an anatomical lecture room Mr. George Combe & Mr. James Simpson are the promoters of this Scheme of education. It was instituted for the purpose of affording to the children of the working classes of Edinburgh a usefull secular education formed on the model of the Birkbeck School of the London Mechanics Institution. The teaching is confined to matters purely secular but religious sentiments are cherished by inculcating reverence [for God] & obedience to his laws, The sectarian religious instructions is left entirely to the parents & spiritual teachers for this purpose the school is not opened on [Sundays]. It is supported by public subscription. It is conducted by Mr. Williams & a female assistance for the female class. On the monitorial system average attendance about 160. |
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[Page] 41. 19Parish of the City of Edinburgh
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 36OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895
Town Plan of Edinburgh (south east part) Surveyed: 1849-53 Scale: 1:1056
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Bizzy- Moderator, Douglas Montgomery
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