Edinburgh, 143, 145 And 147 Cowgate, Kay's Close
Tenement(S) (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 143, 145 And 147 Cowgate, Kay's Close
Classification Tenement(S) (18th Century)
Canmore ID 120920
Site Number NT27SE 1722
NGR NT 25786 73455
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120920
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Kay's Close is listed on Ainslie 1780, but the name's origin is obscure. It was also Power's or (Dame) Poor's or Powrie's, evidently from John Power, merchant in the close in 1635, unless the Laurence and Gilbert Power or Powrie, listed as former owners in titles of 1707, were his predecessors. (from Stuart Harris, "Place Names of Edinburgh", 1996, page 363)
REFERENCE: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
In the Nationla Library of Scotland, Vol II, No 24 of Water Colour Sketches by Thomas Brown, Advocate, is a view in this Close on the South side of the Cowgate. Reference "Adv.MSS.34.8.1-3". See under "Water Colour Sketches, Series of, by Thomas Brown, Advocate".
