OS1/11/95/3
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CANONMILLS DISTILLERY (Disused) | Canonmills Distillery Canon Mills Distillery Canonmills Maltings Canonmills Distillery (Disused) |
Hugh Lauder Map of City Mr Greenshiels Charles McCaul Heriot Cottage |
[situation] About 17 chains north of St Stephens church This name applies to a group of buildings which ws originally occupied as a distillery but now used & for several years past as a malting establishment part occupied by the firm of Graham & Co. [Company] and the remaining part by the proprietor Mr Hague, but much ooc the buildings are unoccupied & empty. |
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| WATER OF LEITH | Water of Leith Water of Leith Water of Leith Water of Leith Water of Leith Water of Leith |
Mr Taylor merchant Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 William Lauder William Rae Pollocks Guide to Edinburgh 1834 Sinclairs Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
[situation] Passing at the north side of Canonmills Distillery. A Small river which runs within the parish of Mid Calder at a place called Wester Burn and after flowing Eastward under the name of Leith head Water and being joined at Balerno by the Barelaw passes Currie Colinton Broughton and empties itself into the Firth of Forth at Leith. It is remarKable for its great fall or descent and for its numerous mills having upward of 120 mills its whole course being about 14 miles. |
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[page] 3Parish of St. Cuthberts
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Canonmills Distillery (Disused) [notes]
See page 10
St Cuthberts will stand
Water of Leith [notes]
Is it navigable on Sheet 10 ?
Probable Depth of water ?
Fish in the water ?
This river is not navigable in the vicinity of this Plan nor is it navigable at all except a short distance at its mouth at Leith In dry Weather the bed of the river through this Plan & its vicinity is quite dry at some other times it is considerably swollen. There is not fish in the river
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