Edinburgh knowledge help please

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:33 am

Hi I have recency got a transcription done for one of my family but the person was not able to read the address fully and as far as I know there is no East ###### Square in Edinburgh
all I have is informant
J Budge, son, 33 East xxxxxxx Square, Edinburgh.
does anyone have a map with an index of streets that may throw light on this address please
regards Lesley in Tasmania

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:00 am

Hi Lesley,

What era was this information from? And does it say what parish or registration district the square was in? Was document was it from? (census, bmd certificate, OPR, [other]?)

All the best,

AndrewP

bryoung · Post by **bryoung** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:03 am

Modern day index at http://www.edinburghonline.co.uk/street/ ,

Not sure about historical streets that may no longer exist.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:18 am

Does it say East side xxxxxx Square?

Alan

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:46 am

it was from the death cert of my cousin John Wilkie Budge in 1978 he died at Gilmerton, NEWINGTON on cert Edinburgh which I think is really outskirts and the researcher said he could not read the name of his son's address I have looked around and can find hardly any Squares in Edinburgh I have a map book but it only has the central streets I tried Google maps getting edinburgh and just moving around but nothing that would match up

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:57 am

many thanks for the Street list thats a great finding aid !! am now wondering if it maybe was not Square he saw on the original as when I see all those east names maybe could be Place I will see where they turn up on the map
many thanks Lesley

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:34 am

Hello Lesley,

If there’s no modern East xxxx Square in Edinburgh it could be that the address they’ve given is East side xxxx Square. I’ve noticed that happening in 19th Century Square addresses even when there was a street number. Maybe some people still do it. It just indicates which side of the Square the building is on i.e. the East side, West side, etc. but it wouldn’t appear on a street map that way but maybe it did in the old style Post Office Directories which had a section in Street order with indications of which side.

People who live in particularly large Squares may find it desirable to indicate which side especially if Squares are numbered any differently to normal streets. Not all Squares have rows of buildings on all sides. If it’s important you could possibly eliminate those that don’t have any on the East side by looking at them using Google Earth, or whatever, if that’s a practical proposition.

Hope that's useful,
Alan