Hello all, Does anyone know where I may be able to find any online or other info on cannon mills on?cannon street Edinburgh where an ancestor died in 1860 he was a carpet weaver edith talbot

There is an area a few hundred yards from where I live called Canonmills. Why I do not know. Regards Eleanor -----Original Message----- From: Edith Talbot [mailto:e.talbot@tinyworld.co.uk] Sent: 03 April 2005 20:03 To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MLN] cannon street mills Hello all, Does anyone know where I may be able to find any online or other info on cannon mills on?cannon street Edinburgh where an ancestor died in 1860 he was a carpet weaver edith talbot

Hello Edith, I'm not sure whether anyone has suggested to you that your Cannon Street is probably Canon Street, as in Canonmills, Canongate etc. The Canons in question were the Augustinian canons of Holyrood who owned the mills. There was a Canon Street in the Canonmills area and I imagine it's still there although I don't have a terribly up-to-date map of Edinburgh. If you look for Canonmills in an online map, you'll find the street. There is a useful book on the derivation of Edinburgh street names put out in 1975 by Edinburgh Corporation City Engineer's Department. I think I've seen it online but I'm afraid I don't know what the URL is. I do, however, have a copy if you want some basic information on any other streets. Anne in Canberra. From: "Edith Talbot" <e.talbot@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:02 AM Subject: [MLN] cannon street mills > Hello all, > Does anyone know where I may be able to find any online or other info on > cannon mills on?cannon street Edinburgh where an ancestor died in 1860 > he was a carpet weaver > > edith talbot > > >