Architecture Notes

Event ID 774291

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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Jackson's Close is listed on Edgar 1742. A sasine of 1755 mentions property once acquired from a George Dougal by John Jackson, and subsequently owned by his son and grandson, both called John. The absence of any Jackson name from the Valuation Roll 1635 suggests that this sequence of ownerships must have been before or after that date: it remains a matter for conjecture, but there is record of Dowgall burgesses (but no George) from 1539-84, and of three John Jacksons, burgesses: one in 1578; the other two, father and son, active in the 1590s and up to 1615. (from Stuart Harris, "Place Names of Edinburgh", 1996, page 355)