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Sheet 97 Plan 7 Parish of St Johns

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Nursery Cottage	Nursery Cottage	Mr Vinicomb	About 1 chain N of	Name applied to a neat stone cottage
	Nursery Cottage	Mr Reid	Myrtle Terrace	formerly having a nursery attached
	Nursery Cottage	Mr Potts

Park Terrace	Park Terrace	Mr Vinicomb	About 2 chains E of	This name is applied to two new Houses
	Park Terrace	Mr Reid	Elswick dean House	built with Stone and recently erected
	Park Terrace	Mr Potts

Wharncliffe Terrace	Wharncliffe Terrace	Mr Lighton	About 2 chains NE.	Name applied to a new row of
	Wharncliffe Terrace	Mr Vinicomb	of Maple Street	private dwellings
	D Wharncliffe Terrace	Mr Reid

St. Mary’s Alms House	St Mary’s Almshouse	Mr Lighton	About 3 chains SE. of	This is a new building in lieu of the ancient Almshouse of St Mary
	St Mary’s Almshouse	Mr Vinicomb	St Marys Church	which formerley stood in Westgate Street
	St Mary’s Almshouse	Mr Reid		The trustees purchased some ground here and erected
				the present Building and also a beautifull Goth[ic]
				~~Church the Buildings are not quite finished yet~~
				~~The Church is described in the Plan of Newcastle~~


				Edw. Gillespie SRE

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Transcribed by MB and IKF