Edinburgh, 170, 172 And 174 Cowgate, Burnet's Close
Alley (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, 170, 172 And 174 Cowgate, Burnet's Close
Classification Alley (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) High Street
Canmore ID 120907
Site Number NT27SE 1710
NGR NT 25888 73494
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120907
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Burnet's Close is shown on Edgar 1742 and was named for Samuel Burnet, brewer, who had a tenement in the High Street at the head of the close and was one of nineteen burgesses who set up The Society in 1598. The close was also Johnston's Close, for James Johnston, deacon of the Hammermen in 1537 and named in 1564 as having property here. It was also Mories or Morice Close, for Peter Mories or Morice, recorded in "Protocols of William Forbes" in 1746 as a later owner of Johnston's property. (from Stuart Harris, "Place Names of Edinburgh", 1996, page 135-6)
