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From: Forrest Anderson <>
Subject: Re: Burts Close Grassmarket?
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:23:54 +0000
References: <3A77F438.B6D6E048@ozemail.com.au>
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:17:13 +1100, vemo <> wrote:

>I have an ancestor living at Burts Close Grassmarket in 1837 but am
>unable to find any reference to this address on any on-line maps. Nor
>any useful results after a Google search. I suppose I can safely assume
>it no longer exists.
>
>Can anyone suggest a publication or site that will provide me with a map
>of the area around 1837 or thereabouts?
>Does some knowledegable soul know a little history of Burts Close or
>nearby Closes in Grassmarket.

Burt's Close seems to have been another name for Warden's Close, or for
an eastwards extension of Wardens Close.

This close is on the south side of the Grassmarket, at the east end,
exactly where the main line of buildings of that side of the Grassmarket
bends round into Cowgatehead, and leads into Candlemaker Row and the
Cowgate. The line of Warden's points directly towards the Bow Foot Well,
at the bottom of West Bow, which stands in the middle of the road, and
confuses visiting motorists who sometimes can't work out which side they
should go round!

It is highly unlikely that you'll find Burt's on a map, but it is
apparently mentioned in the Post Office Directory of 1827. Warden's Close
should be much easier to find.

Forrest


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