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Edinburgh, 91 High Street, Barringer's Close
House (Period Unassigned), Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, 91 High Street, Barringer's Close
Classification House (Period Unassigned), Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 115297
Site Number NT27SE 1118
NGR NT 26042 73699
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/115297
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Barringer's Close is given thus on Edgar 1742, but no derivation has been found either for this name or for two others current in the previous century, which appear as "Mrs Mure's Close, of old Alexr Don's Close" in 1697, and in earlier forms such as "Mistress Mourisch's Close" in 1658, and "Mistress Murie's or Alex Doune's Close" in 1669, while the good lady (unless there was an unrecorded Mrs Menzies) was perhaps still remembered in 1764 as "Mrs Minish Close". (from Stuart Harris, "Place Names of Edinburgh", 1996, page 82)
