Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/postofficeannual182728edin • , I JU1 / i : tSlnUer fyt patronage oi SIR DAVID WEDDERBURN, Rart. POSTMASTER-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND. THE POST OFFICE ANNUAL DIRECTORY 18£7-£8; CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS, ({Mn&urjg;?), Heit$, antf $rt»#ab(n. WITH AN APPENDIX, A STREET DIRECTORY. TWENTY- SECOND PUBLICATION. EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR THE LETTER-CARRIERS OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE. 1827. BAI.I.ANTVNK & CO. PRINTERS. £& iU;, &C& ALPHABETICAL LIST OF IN EDINBURGH, WITH REFERENCES TO THEIR SITUATION. Abbey-Hill, north of Holy- Baker's place, Stockbridge rood Palace Baker's close, 58 Cowgate Abercromby place, op. east Ballantine's close, 7 Grassmrt. end of Queen st. Bangholm, Queensferry road Adam square, South Bridge Bangholm-bo wer, nearTrinity Adam street, Pleasance Bank street, Lawnmarket Adam street, west, Roxburgh Bank street, north, Mound pi. pi. to Bank street Advocate's close, 357 High st. Baron Grant's close, 13 Ne- Aird's close, 139 Grassmarket ther bow Ainslie place, Great Stuart st. Barringer's close, 91 High st. Aitcheson's close, 52West port Bathgate's close, 94 Cowgate Albany street, foot of Duke st. Bathfield, Newhaven road Albyn place,w. end of Queen st Baxter's close, 469 Lawnmar- Alison's close, 34 Cowgate ket Alison's square, Potter row Baxter's pi. head of Leithwalk Allan street, Stockbridge Beaumont place, head of Plea- Allan's close, 269 High street sance and Market street Bedford street, top of Dean st. Allan's close, 77 Grassmarket Stockbridge Allison's place,ft. of Leithwalk Beggrie's entry, 67 St Leo- Alva street, Stafford street nard street Amphion place, north back of Bellevuecrescent,Mansfieldpl. Canongate Bellfield, Trinity Anchor close, 243 High street Bell's close, 272 Canongate Anchorfield, Newhaven Bell's entry, 17 St Leonard st. Anderson's close, 62 West bow Bell's mills, Queensferry road and 14 Canongate Bell's wynd, 146 High street, A n nan dale street, op. Montgo and 176 Cowgate merie street, Leith walk Bishop's close, 129 High st. Ann street, St Bernards, Stock Blackfriars' wynd, 96 High st. bridge and 236 Cowgate Annfield, Newhaven Blair street, from Hunter sq. Antigua street, Union place to Cowgate Archers' hall, Buccleuch st. Blair's close, 404 Castlehill Archibald's close, 3 Westbow Blandfield house, Broughton Archibald place, Lauriston point Argyle square, west of north Blenheim place, Baxter place College street Blyth's close, 571 Castlehill Argyle place, 3ieadows Bonington park, Newhaven rd. Argyle park, Meadows Bonington road, from Bellevue Arniston place, Newington Crescent to Leith Arthur place, east,-\ Boroughloch, Archers' hall Arthur place, mid, J Boroughmuirhead, head of the pJ Arthur place, west, C Links Arthur street, J Borthwick's close, 1 80 H igh st. Athol crescent, op. Coates and 150 Cowgate crescent Boswell's court, 392 Castlehill Botanicgardens,Inverleithrow Back stairs, Parliament sq. Boyd's, or White Horse close, Bailie Fy fe's close, 1 01 High st 276 Canongate Bailie's court, 50 Cowgate Braid's row, Stockbridge Bainfield, Fountainbridge Brandfield place, west end of Baird's close, 115 West port Fountainbridge Bakehouse close, 146 Canon- Brandon street, west of Ca- gate n i mm ills STREET DIRECTORY. Ill Bread street, Port Hopetoun Cargillfield, Trinity Brighton street, Lothian street Carleton street, St Bernard's, Bristo port, head of Candle. Stockbridge maker row Camegie street, head of Plea- Bristo street, Candlemaker row sance to Chapel street Carrubber's close, 135 High st. Brodie's close, 304 Lawnmar- Carrubber's court, foot of Car- ket, and 52 Cow gate rubber's close Brown's close, 398 Castlehill, Cassel's place, ft. of Leith walk and 22 Grassmaiket Castle-bank, so. back of Castle Brown's close, 79 Canongate Castle-barns, Port Hopetoun Brown's cl. 385 Lawntnarket Castlehill, Castle to Lawn- Brown's court, 140 Canongate, market and 21 n. back Canongate Castle street, north and south, Brown's court, 396 Castlehill Prince's st. to Queen st. Brown's place, Vennel Castle wynd, 54 Grassmarket Brown's street, Pleasance Catherine bank, west of New- Brown's sq. Candlemaker row haven Broughton street, foot of Ca- Catherine street, head of Leith therine street walk Broughton place,Broughton st, Catholic chapel lane, St James' Brunswick street, north of place Royal Circus Causewayside, Summerhall to Brunswick street, Hillside Grange toll Crescent Chalmers' close, 81 High st. Buccleuch place, George sq. Chance Lot, Bonington Buccleuch pend, St Patrick sq. Chapel court, ft. of Trunk's cl. Buccleuch street, Buccleuch pi. Chapel street, west Nicolson st. Buchanan's court, 300 Lawn- Charles street, George square market Charlotte sq.westend George st. Buchanan's close,283 Cowgate Charlotte street, no. and south, Bull's close, 181 High street, Prince's st. to Queen st. and 307 Cowgate Charlotteplace,Queensferry st. Bull's close, 106 Canongate Cherry bank, near Newhaven Burnet's close, 156 High st. Chessels' court, 240 Canongate and 170 Cowgate Cheyne street, Stockbridge Burntsfield links, south of Christian bank, Trinity Pier Meadows Chiistie's close, 72 Cowgate Burt's close, 143 Grassmaket Christie's entry, 75 St Leo- Byer's close, 373 High street nard street Christie's court, Christie's cl. Caldwell's close, 139 Grass Church street, Spring Gardens, market Stockbridge Callender's entry,67Canongate Circus Royal, near Stockbridge Calton street, Leith street Circus place, east, Royal CircuR Calton low, below Regent br. Circus place, west, RoyalCircus to north back of Canongate Claremont street, Claremont Campbell's close, 127 Grass crescent market Claremont crescent, Bonington Campbell's close, east, 137 road Cowgate Claremont street, Stockbridge Campbell's close, west, 109 Claremont place, Claremont Cowgate, and 87Canongate street, Stockbridge Campbell's entry to brewery, Clerk street, St Patrick square 145 Cowgate Clerk's mills, Canonmills Canaan, south of Links Clyde st. north St Andrew st. C.inaan entry, Grange loan Coates, easter, by 31 ait land st. Cnnal basin, Port Hopetoun Coates, wester, by Maitland st. Cnnal street, below North Br, Coates crescent, by Shandwick west place Candlemaker row, Cowgate. College street, north, Adam sq. head to Bristo port College st. south, Nicolson st. Canongate, Netherbow to Ab- College street, west,from Horse bey court wynd to Potter row Canonmills, north of Bellevue College wynd, north College crescent street, and 205 Cowgate Cant's close, 108 High street, Comely bank, Stockbridge and 226 Cowgate Commercial bank close, 142 Carfrae's entry, 1 12 Canongate High street IV EDINBURGH Commercial court, 447 Cow- Drumsheugh, east of Melville gate street Conn's close, 162 Cowgate Dublin street, Duke street Consistorial Court, 3 Royal Duke street, west end York pi. Exchange Dumbiedykes, south back Ca- Cooper's entry, 130 Canongate nongate Cossar's close, 145 West port Dunbar street, opposite Wel- Coull's close, 319 Canongate lington street Cowan's close, 43 Crosscause Dunbar's cl. 413 Lawnmarket way Dunbar's close, 137 CanoDgate Cowan's close, 95 Cowgate Duncan street, Newington Cowgate, Grassmarket to south Duncan street, Drummond pi. back of Canongate Duncan's close, 35 Canongate Cowie's close, 109 Grassmarket Dundas street, west end Aber- Covenant close, 16'2 High St. cromby place Craig's close, 265 High street Dunlop's close, 43Grassmarket Craigend brewery, north back Dunlop's court, 46Grassmarket Canongate Craigleith, Queensferry road to East Smith's close, 127 Grass- Blackball market Craigside, Dumbiedykes Echobank, Grayfield toll Crawford's cl. 1 6 Grassmarket Edmonstone's close, 120 West Crighton street, George square bow Crichton's entry, 116 Canon Egypt lane, Grange loan gate Elder street, St James' square Croft-an-righ, Abbeyhill Elizabeth street, St Leonard Crooked-dykes, 62 east Cross- street causeway Elm row, Leith walk Crosscauseway, east and west. Elphinstone's court, so. Gray's south end Nicolson street close Crown st. foot of Leith walk Erskine place, west endPrince's Cumberland street, Duncan st. street to St Vincent street Esplin's close, 37 Grassmarket Cumming's cl. 52 Canongate Excise lane, west Register st. Currie's close, 384 Castlehill, Exchange, Royal, High street and 110 Grassmarket Eyre place, Canonmills Currie's close, 80 Abbeyhill Factory close, 33 east Cross- Dairy lane, leading to Dairy causeway Dalrymple place, Carnegie st. Fairholm's close, 15 West bow Danube street, St Bernard's Pauley's entry, 184 Cowgate Darnaway street, west Heriot Falcon hall, Morningside row to Moray place Fettes row, Pitt street Davidson's, or White Horse Fife place, Leith walk close, 31 Canongate Fingal place, Meadows Davie st. west Richmond st. Finlayson's cl. 164 Canongate Dean, by Water of Leith Fisher's close,312Lawnmarket Dean bank, Stockbridge Fisher's entry, 131 Cowgate Dean street, Stockbridge Fishmarket, Canal street Dean terrace, Stockbridge Fleshmarket close, 199 High st» Denholm green, Trinity Fleshmarket, Fleshmarket cl. Dewar close, 1 1 8 Grassmarket Forres street, west Queen st. Dewar place, Tobago street to Moray place Dick's close, 195 Cowgate Forrester's wynd, 98 Cowgate Dickson's close, 222 Cowgate, Forsyth's close, 57 Canongate and 118 High street Forth street, Broughton street Don's close, 327 High street Foulis's cL north, 229 Highst. Donaldson's close, 7 West bow Foulis's cl. south, 42 High st. Douglas court, Leith wynd Fountain close, 28 High street Doune terrace, Gloucester pi Fountainbridge, Port Hope- Downie place, Port Hopetoun toun Drumdryan, Lochrin Fountain court, 113 Fountain- Drumdryan lane, Lochrin bridge Drummond place, foot of Dub- Frederick st. north and south, lin street Prince's street to Queen st. Drummond street, Nicolson st. Drummond street, east, Plea- Gabriel's road, w. Register st. sance Galloway 'sentry,55Canongate STREET DIRECTORY. Galloway's close, 425 High st.