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From: "John Stevenson" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] 1851 street map of Edinburh
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:26:10 -0000
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Interesting , I have just checked a sample of Rose Street 1841 Census (No's
130/150) and can find no mention of Brothel/Prostitute .. Lodging House yes
which could I suppose be another name.
Can you give me house numbers of the establishments you have found.as I am
carrying out work , on Rose Street, for a friend who is researching a social
history of the New Town

At that time there certainly were Mr Hall's Brothel in George Street , Mrs
Scott's in North Castle Street and at least one hotel in St Andrew's Square
known for its "ladies"

" A couple of streets down from Rose St, Danube St, was were the
prostitutes hung out but that
area has changed now and they are nearer to Leith. "
There was one house operated by the infamous Mrs Noyce - no women "hung out
in the street"
Nearer to Leith - which means ?

TIA
Regards
John

John D. Stevenson
Edinburgh






June Duncan wrote:
> hiya
>
> I helped transcribed the 1841 census and Rose st was part of the
> area I did. There were certainly lots of brothel keepers and
> prostitutes in 1841. I live in edinburgh and have never known Rose
> St to be the red light area in the 70s. A couple of streets down
> from Rose St, Danube St, was were the prostitutes hung out but that
> area has changed now and they are nearer to Leith.
>
> not sure when rose St became 'respectable' but I would have classed
> it as red light in 1841 time<html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida
> Handwriting, Cursive" color=#660099>June &nbsp;<IMG height=12
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>
>
>
>> From: > Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:42:47 -0500> To:
>> > Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] 1851 street
>> map of Edinburh> > Thank you Chris for that information. I will try
>> the website.> > I have heard that Rose street was at one time a red
>> light district. Do> you know enough about Edinburgh to know at what
>> point in history this> occurred?> regards......kathleen> > >
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