BOEC Original Series: Contents

Volume I (1908)

• Provisional List of Old Houses Remaining in High Street and Canongate of Edinburgh
  By Bruce J. Home
• The Embalming of Montrose 
  By John Cameron Robbie
• The Pantheon: An Old Edinburgh Debating Society
  By John A. Fairley
• Sculptured Stones of Old Edinburgh: The Dean Group 
  By John Geddie
• The Buildings at the East End of Princes Street and Corner of the North Bridge: A Chapter in the Early History of the New Town of Edinburgh 
  By William Cowan

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Volume II (1909)

• Edinburgh at the Time of the Occupation of Prince Charles 
  By Walter Biggar Blaikie
• The Flodden Wall of Edinburgh
  By W. Moir Bryce
• The Covenanters’ Prison in the Inner Greyfriars Yard, Edinburgh 
  By W. Moir Bryce
• The Cannon-Ball House 
  By Bruce J. Home
• The Sculptured Stones of Edinburgh: II. The West-End and Dalry Groups 
  By John Geddie
• An Eighteenth Century Survival: The Wagering Club, 1775 
  By Jas. B. Sutherland
• At the Back of St. James’s Square 
  By James Steuart
• Edinburgh Street Traders and their Cries 
  By James H. Jamieson
• Old Cellars and Relics Discovered During the Excavations for the New Chapel at St. Giles’ Cathedral 
  By Francis Caird Inglis
• Statues of Justice and Mercy, From the Old Parliament House 
  By Thomas Ross, LL.D.

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Volume III (1910)

• The Armorial Bearings of the City of Edinburgh 
  By Sir James Balfour Paul, LL.D., Lyon King of Arms
• The Black Friars of Edinburgh 
  By W. Moir Bruce
• An Account of the Friday Club, Written by Lord Cockburn, Together with Notes on Certain Other Social Clubs in Edinburgh 
  By Harry A. Cockburn
• The Sculptured Stones of Edinburgh: III. Miscellaneous 
  By John Geddie
• The History of Parliament Square: Being an Historical Notice of the Southern Precincts of the Church of St. Giles, Edinburgh 
  By Ralph Richardson
• Lady Stair’s House 
  By Thomas B. Whitson

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Volume IV (1911)

• George Drummond: An Eighteenth Century Lord Provost 
  By William Baird
• The Sculptured Stones of Edinburgh: IV. Wrychtis-housis 
  By John Geddie
• The Old Tolbooth: With Extracts from the Original Records
  By John A. Fairley
• An Old Edinburgh Monument Now in Perthshire 
  By Thomas Ross, LL.D.
• The Society of Friendly Contributors of Restalrig 
  By Rev. W. Burnett
• Recent Excavations and Researches at Holyrood 
  By W. T. Oldrieve

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Volume V (1912)

• Saint Margaret of Scotland and Her Chapel in the Castle of Edinburgh 
  By W. Moir Bryce
• The Site of the Black Friars’ Monastery from the Reformation to the Present Day 
  By William Cowan
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records
  By John A. Fairley
• Moubray House
  By Andrew E. Murray
• Letters from John Bonar to William Creech Concerning the Formation of the Speculative Society
  By Rev. Henry Baton

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Volume VI (1913)

• David’s Tower at Edinburgh Castle 
  By W. T. Oldrieve
• The Incorporated Trade of the Skinners of Edinburgh, with Extracts from their Minutes, 1549-1603 
  By William Angus
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records 
  By John A. Fairley

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Volume VII (1914)

• The Holyrood Ordinale: a Scottish Version of a Directory of English Augustinian Canons, with Manual and Other Liturgical Forms 
  Transcribed and Edited by Francis C. Eeles F.S.A.Scot., F.R.Hist.S. – Rhind Lecturer in Archaeology, 1913-14 (note: large files for download)
  • Preface and Introduction
  • Text, Manual and Litany

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Volume VIII (1916)

• The Magdalen Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh 
  By Thomas Ross and G. Baldwin Brown
• The Visitation of the College of Edinburgh in 1690 
  By R. K. Hannay
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records 
  By John A. Fairley
• John Wesley in Edinburgh 
  By W. Forbes Gray
• The Ancient Regalia of Scotland 
  By W. Moir Bryce

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Volume IX (1916)

• Incidents and Documents, A.D. 1513-1523 
  By R. K. Hannay
• Shipping and the Staple, A.D. 1515-1531 
  By R. K. Hannay
• Edinburgh Engravers 
  By John C. Guy
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records
  By John A. Fairley
• The Sedan Chair in Edinburgh
  By James H. Jamieson

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Volume X (1918)

• The Burgh Muir of Edinburgh from the Records 
  By William Moir Bryce, LL.D. – President of the Old Edinburgh Club
  1. The Forest of Drumselch and the Burgh Muir
  2. The Grange of St. Giles
  3. The Estate of Bruntsfield
  4. The Lands of Whitehouse
  5. The Muir — David I to James IV
  6. The King’s Charter of 1508
  7. The Flodden Campaign
  8. The Magistrates and their Jurisdiction
  9. The Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena
  10. King James V and the Burgh Muir
  11. St. Roque’s Chapel and the Lands of Canaan
  12. The Great Plague of 1585
  13. The Wester Burgh Muir
  14. The Easter Burgh Muir
  15. The Fellowship and Society of Brewers of Ale and Beer in Edinburgh
  16. Bruntsfield Links
  17. The South or Burgh Loch

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Volume XI (1922)

• Map of Edinburgh in the Mid-Eighteenth Century 
  By Henry F. Kerr
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records
  By John A. Fairley
• Shelley in Edinburgh
  By Walter Edwin Peck (M.A., Columbia)
• On the Antecedents of the College of Justice
  By R. K. Hannay
• The Tailors’ Hall, Cowgate 
  By Thomas Ross, G. Baldwin Brown, W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XII (1923)

• Notes on the Names of the Closes and Wynds of Old Edinburgh 
  By Charles B. Boog Watson
• The Old Tolbooth: Extracts from the Original Records 
  By John A. Fairley
• The Maps of Edinburgh, 1544-1851 
  By William Cowan
• Measured Drawings of Lawnmarket and Castlehill made by Thomas Hamilton, Architect 
  By F. C. Mears

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Volume XIII (1924)

• The Building of the Parliament House
  By R. K. Hannay and G. P. H. Watson
• Bearford’s Parks
  By William Cowan
• List of Owners of Property in Edinburgh, 1635
  By Charles B. Boog Watson

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Volume XIV (1925)

• A Note on Huntly House 
  By William Cowan
• The Old Tolbooth of Edinburgh 
  By Henry F. Kerr
• The Canongate Crafts: An Agreement of 1610
  By Annie I. Cameron
• Mylne Square 
  By the late Irvine A. Stirling
• The Sculptured Stones of the “Royal Mile” 
  By John Geddie
• The Gardens of the Castle
  By C. A. Malcolm
• Some Inns of the Eighteenth Century 
  By James H. Jamieson
• Reminiscences of a Town Clerk
  Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XV (1927)

• The Domestic Affairs of the Burgh, 1554-1589 
  By Marguerite Wood
• The Sanctuary of Holyrood 
  By Hugh Hannah
• Sculptured Stones of the “Royal Mile”: II 
  By John Geddie
• The Old Infirmary and Earlier Hospitals 
  By Robert Thin
• The Burlaw Court of Leith 
  By David Robertson
• The Melville Monument
  By W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XVI (1928)

• Extracts from Bannatyne Club Publications
  • Introduction 
    By W. Forbes Gray
  • A Diurnal of Occurrents, 1513-1575
  • Journal of the Siege of the Castle of Edinburgh, 1573
  • Historie and Life of King James the Sext, 1566-1596
  • Diary of John Nicoll, 1650-1667
  • Historical Notices of Scottish Affairs, 1661-1668
    By Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, Bart
  • Siege of the Castle of Edinburgh, 1689

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Volume XVII (1930)

• Sir Daniel Wilson: The Man and his Work 
  By Hugh Hannah
• ‘Cockpen House,’ Castlehill
  By H. A. Cockburn
• Sculptured Stones of the “Royal Mile”: III 
  By John Geddie
• St. Paul’s Work 
  By Marguerite Wood
• Gabriel’s and Other Old Roads 
  Compiled by Henry F. Kerr
• Charles II. Statue, Parliament Square
  By E. J. MacRae
• The Incorporation of Candlemakers of Edinburgh, 1517-1884 
  By W. Forbes Gray
• The General Register House 
  By Henry M. Paton

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Volume XVIII (1932)

• Early Golf at Bruntsfield and Leith 
  By C. E. S. Chambers
• State Ceremonials in Edinburgh in the Olden Time 
  By Francis J. Grant, C.V.O., LL.D., Lyon King of Arms
• The Barony of Calton: Part I
  By Henry M. Paton
• George IV. Bridge and the West Approach
  By David Robertson
• Incorporation of Cordiners of the Canongate, 1538-1773
  By C. A. Malcolm
• Notes on Lands of High Riggs, Drumdryan, and Tollcross 
  By John Smith
• The Quarrying of Salisburgh Crags 
  By W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XIX (1933)

• The Hammermen of the Canongate: Part I 
  By Marguerite Wood
• Social Assemblies of the Eighteenth Century 
  By James H. Jamieson
• The Barony of Calton: Part II
  By Henry M. Paton
• Bonnington: Its Lands and Mansions 
  By John Russel
• The Musical Society of Edinburgh and St. Cecilia’s Hall 
  By W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XX (1935)

• The Grammar School of the Canongate
  By H. M. Anderson
• Dalry House: Its Lands and Owners 
  By John Smith
• The Magistrates and Masters of Leith 
  By David Roberston
• The Hammermen of the Canongate: Part II 
  By Marguerite Wood
• An Eighteenth-Century Riding School
  By W. Forbes Gray

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Volume XXI (1936)

• General Index to the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club Volumes I-XX
  Compiled by W. Forbes Gray F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Scot – Editor of the Club’s Publications

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Volume XXII (1938)

• The Royal Exchange and Other City Improvements 
  By W. Forbes Gray
• A Note on the Hopetoun Monument
  By W. M. Parker
• The Edinburgh Charity Workhouse, 1740-1845
  By Arthur Birnie
• East and Wester Crofts of Bristo
  By John Smith
• The Incorporation of the Tailors of the Canongate 
  By W. H. Marwick
• Medical Quacks in Edinburgh in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  By Robert Thin
• The Builder of Pilrig House 
  By John Russell
• The New Town of Edinburgh – I
  By F. C. Mears and John Russell
• The Story of Craigentinny 
  By James Smith
• Peter Williamson’s Broadside
  By William J. Hay

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Volume XXIII (1940)

• The New Town of Edinburgh – II
  By F. C. Mears and John Russell
• Gleanings from Scottish Exchequer Reports 
  W. Forbes Gray
• The Story of Piershill 
  James Smith
• The Neighbourhood Book 
  Marguerite Wood
• Notes on an Old Lawsuit About Duddingston Mills
  Henry M. Paton
• St. Leonards Lands and Hospital 
  (John Smith), Henry M. Paton
• Lord Kames and the North Bridge 
  Thomas McCrae

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Volume XXIV (1942)

• Diary of George Sandy, Apprentice W.S., 1788 
  By Charles A. Malcolm
• Historic Morningside: Lands Mansions and Celebrities
  By William Mair
• The Bore Stone 
  By Henry M. Paton
• ‘All the Statelie Buildings of … Thomas Robertson’ — A Building Speculator of the Seventeenth Century
  By Marguerite Wood
• The Lands of Newington and their Owners 
  By W. Forbes Gray
• Lands of St. Leonards: Southern Section
  By Henry M. Paton
• Cardinal Beaton’s Palace: Blackfriars’ Wynd 
  By Henry F. Kerr
• Miscellany
  1. Licence to Travel
  2. The Mound
  3. Ross (Bristo) House
  4. Gayfield Square
  5. Canongate Church
  6. Tennis
  7. St. Leonard’s Land and Hospital
  8. The General Register House

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Volume XXV (1945)

• The Weavers of Picardy 
  By John Mason
• Notes on the History of Pilton 
  By W. Forbes Gray
• Early Paper Making near Edinburgh 
  By Robert Waterson
• Lands and Houses of Drumsheugh
  By John Clark Wilson
• Edinburgh Poll Tax Returns 
  By Marguerite Wood
• Skene Drawings of Old Edinburgh 
  By Robert Butchart
• Old Dovecotes in and around Edinburgh 
  By A. Niven Robertson
• Miscellany
  1. Memories of Morningside
  2. Contracts for Tombstones
  3. Notes of a Visit to Edinburgh, 1778
  4. Porters and Tronmen
  5. Unrecorded Stone

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Volume XXVI (1948)

• George Square: Annals of an Edinburgh Locality, 1766-1926, from authentic records 
  By Margaret Tait and W. Forbes Gray
  1. Historical Background
  2. Brown’s ‘Centrical Area’
  3. Surroundings in Bygone Times
  4. Famous Residents — North Row
  5. Famous Residents — West Row
  6. Famous Residents — South Row
  7. Famous Residents — East Row
  8. Celebrities and Unidentified Houses
  9. Note on the Architecture
  10. List of Inhabitants, 1766-1926

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Volume XXVII (1949)

• Edinburgh in Lord Provost Drummond’s Time
  By W. Forbes Gray
• Further Notes on Early Paper Making near Edinburgh
  By Robert Waterson
• The Hermitage of Braid
  By C. A. Malcolm
• Edinburgh House Numbers
  By Frank Cent
• The Edinburgh School of Design
  By John Mason
• Old Sundials in and near Edinburgh
  By A. Niven Robertson
• An Edinburgh Diary
  By Henry W. Meikle
• Some Notes on the Early History of the Dean Orphan Hospital
  By John Richardson
• Miscellany
  1. Dovecotes 
     By A. Niven Robertson
  2. A Servitude Footpath 
     By Henry Tod, Junr.
  3. Friends Burial Place, Pleasance 
     By Miss E. Mein
  4. A Forgotten Grave 
     By F. Gent
  5. The Lochs of Drylaw 
     By W. Forbes Gray
  6. Two Old Edinburgh Characters 
     By Miss M Tait

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Volume XXVIII (1953)

• The Minutes of the Trades Maiden Hospital
  By Rev. Edwin S. Towill
• James Ronaldson, Baker, Typefounder, Philanthropist, and his Connexions in and around Edinburgh
  By Miss M. Tait
• An Addition to Laing’s Chartulary of St. Giles
  By Miss Marguerite Wood
• St. John Street: An Early Civic Improvement
  By the late W. Forbes Gray
• Convoys to the Trade on the East Coast of Scotland
  By Miss Helen Armet
• Ice Houses of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 
  By A. Niven Robertson
• The Notebook of Sir William Fettes, Bart.
  By Miss Marguerite Wood
• Charles II Lead Equestrian Statue, Parliament Square, Edinburgh
  By A. G Forgie
• William Forbes Gray: An Appreciation 
  By the Editor
• Miscellany
  1. Echo of an Edinburgh Election 
     By Miss M. Tait
  2. A Peep at Edinburgh in the Summer of 1768 
     [Ed.]
  3. ‘Further Notes on Early Paper Making near Edinburgh’ (Corrigenda) 
     By Robert Waterston
  4. A French Emigré in Edinburgh in 1797 
     By J. W. Joyce

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Volume XXIX (1956)

• The Minutes of the Merchant Maiden Hospital
  By Rev. Edwin S. Towill
• The Tron Church 
  By Miss Marguerite Wood
• Notes on Rebuilding in Edinburgh in the Last Quarter of the Seventeenth Century
  By Miss Helen Armet
• Extracts from an Edinburgh Journal, 1823-1833: Part I (1823-1828) 
  By D. G. Moir
• Miscellany
  1. The Society of Bowlers 
     By Miss Helen Armet
  2. Sentence by the Balies, 24th August 1738 
     By Miss Helen Armet
  3. The Loyal Edinburgh Spearmen 
     By Major H. P. E. Pereia

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Volume XXX (1959)

• Treverlen, Duddingston and Arthur’ Seat 
  By G. W. S. Barrow
• The Topography of the Water of Leith Village
  By Basil C. Skinner
• Allan Ramsay of Kinkeill’s Property on the Castlehill
  By Helen Armet
• William’s Hut 
  By Margaret Tait
• Lost Opportunities: An Account of Some of Edinburgh’s Unrealised Projects
  By R. Butchart
• Extracts from the Journal of Jessy Allan, Wife of John Harden, 1801-1811
  By William Park
• Shops in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Edinburgh
  By W. H. Marwick
• Extracts from an Edinburgh Journal, 1823-1833: Part II (1829-1833)
  By D. G. Moir
• Edinburgh Manuscripts in Possession of Edinburgh Public Libraries
• Miscellany
  1. An Inventory of 1709 
     By Helen Armet
  2. The Origins of the Dean Bridge Project 
     By Basil C. Skinner

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Volume XXXI (1962)

• The Tower of Merchiston: I. History
  By Helen Armet
• The Tower of Merchiston: II. Architecture
  By Stuart Harris
• George Heriot’s Hospital
  By W. Douglas Simpson
• An Old Edinburgh Club 
  By Alexander Clark
• Edinburgh Shawls
  By Dorothy A. White and Margaret H Swain
• A Contemporary Account of the Royal Visit to Edinburgh, 1822
  By B. C. Skinner
• Edinburgh Manuscripts in the Possession of the University of Edinburgh Library
• Miscellany
  1. Letters from Dr. Gregory and Sir Henry Raeburn 
     By John Richardson
  2. Clothing as a Pledge 
     By Helen Armet
  3. A Seizure for Debt 
     By Helen Armet
  4. Disgraceful Conduct of a Burgess 
     By Helen Armet
  5. The Apprentice Agreement of Two Girls in 1638 
     By Helen Armet
  6. Lost Opportunities – Nor’ Loch 
     By R. Butchart
  7. Three More Huts 
     By Margaret Tait

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Volume XXXII (1966)

• Map of the Siege of Leith, 1560 
  Gordon Donaldson
• Two Notable Epidemics in Edinburgh and Leith
  By H. P. Tait
• Some Edinburgh Furniture Makers 
  By Francis Bamford
• Edinburgh Castle, 1751-1753
  By T. I. Rae
• Teachers in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century
  By Alexander Law
• The Loyal Edinburgh Spearmen
  By Helen Armet
• George Combe and the 1836 Election for the Edinburgh University Chair of Logic 
  By A. Cameron Grant
• The Dean Gardens
  By Neil Bayne
• Tollcross to Morningside in the Olden Days
  By Andrew Patterson
• Miscellany
  1. A Dispute Between Guild Brothers 
     By Helen Armet
  2. Edinburgh in the Pitcalnie Papers 
     By Miss R. R. Williamson Ross of Pitcalnie
  3. Early Inhabitants of George Square 
     By Margaret Tait

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Volume XXXIII (1969)

Part 1 (1969)

• James Hossack – Honorary Secretary of the Old Edinburgh Club, 1953-1965
• The Tower of Merchiston – A Supplementary Report
  By Stuart Harris
• Three Little-Known Early Drawings of Edinburgh Castle
  By John G. Dunbar
• The Recollections of Lindsay Rae – Bowmaker to the Royal Company of Archers
  By Sir James Fergusson
• The Edinburgh Branch of the Scottish National Union of Cabinet and Chair Makers, 1833-1837 
  By Ian MacDougall
• James McLaren, Schoolmaster
  By The late Miss Elizabeth Hume Ross
• Municipal Politics in Victorian Edinburgh
  By W. H. Marwick
• The Edinburgh Literary Institute
  By W. H. Marwick
• The Bible Land Manuscript
• The Scottish Marine Station for Scientific Research, Granton, 1884 to 1903
  By W. N. Boog Watson
• Miscellany
  1. Edinburgh in the Pitcalnie Papers again

Part 2 (1971)

• Extracts from the Diary of the Rev. David Aitken, D.D. 1864-1875 
  By R. G. Heddle
• The Edinburgh Skating Club
  By Margaret Elliot

Part 3 (1972)

• The Balm-Well of Saint Catherine, Liberton
  By W. N. Boog Watson
• Dr Thomas Latta
  By Alastair H. B. Masson
• The Mercat Cross of Edinburgh
  By Stuart Harris
• The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
  By Angus Graham
• Three Edinburgh Microscope Makers: John Finlayson, William Robertson and John Clark
  By D. J. Bryden
• “Hamilton Place Academy” 
  A Prospectus of 1859
• Appreciations

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Volume XXXIV (1974 & 1979)

Part I (1974)

• The Regality and Barony of Broughton: Some of its Characters and Personalities, 1592-1600 
  By Andrew H. Anderson
• Survey of the Development of Edinburgh 
  By Dr Marguerite Wood

Part 2 (1979)

• Early Baths and Bagnios in Edinburgh
  By the late W. N. Boog Watson
• John Knox in the Bishop of Dunkeld’s “Great Lodging”
  By W. Stanford Reid
• Excavations on the Site of the Chapel of St Mary and St James, Newhaven 
  By J. C. Wallace
• Edinburgh’s Village Suburbs, 1800-1939
  By Alan J. Strachan
• Boswell’s Court, Castlehill 
  By Philip L. Wilson
• John Adams, Debtor
  By R. E. Scott
• Edinburgh University’s Extension Scheme of 1874
  By Peter D. Savage

Part 3 (1983)

• Road Administration in Midlothian in the Early Eighteenth Century
  By R. G. Heddle

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Volume XXXV (1981 & 1985)

Part 1 (1981)

• A Schoolboy’s Diary for 1850 
  By Roy R. Campbell

Part 2 (1985)

• Midlothian – or the Shire of Edinburgh? 
  By Professor G. W. S. Barrow
• Mary Queen of Scots and Sir Simon Preston’s House
  By Stuart Harris
• The French Prisons in Edinburgh Castle
  By N. G. Allen

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