That'a fascinating stuff. many thanks for that Marilyn At 12:03 AM 28/10/2008, you wrote: >Hi Marlyn, I live in Edinburgh - but had not heard of Gabriel's Road.. >After a quick Google search - > >Here it is > GABRIEL'S ROAD Shown as Register St., D.1827. Ran from where Register >House now stands in a long slant N.W. to the Water of Leith, behind where is >now Saxe Coburg Pl. Shown unnamed, save at south cast end, close to Register >House, Kirkwood composite map. N.W. end named in large scale map, p.w. 773. >15, 1780. 81 57. N.W. end marked "F Road", Ainslie, 1804, its general course >evident, also at Register House. It is still represented in the right of way >past the Royal Bank, St. Andrew Sq., which is not always rccognised. The >name has been wrongly derived from that of the murderer, given as Gabriel in >"Peter's letters to his Kinsfolk", but really Robert Irvine. He was a >probationer of the Church of Scotland, and employed as tutor to two little >boys in a gentleman's family. Having fallen in love with a maid there, he >was observed one day by his pupils to give her a kiss-which they mentioned >innocently to their parents. Fearful of loss of reputation and failure in >the ministry, he brooded over this until he became mad with revenge. One >Sabbath while strolling with his pupils on or near Gabriel's road, he cut >their throats with a pocket knife. He was seized, red handed, condemned and >executed. Gabriel was a former proprietor of Inverleith, Walks in Edin. 179. >In the road was a tavern called Gabriels, b.b.60. Best known from Ambrose >Tavern, scene of the "Moores Ambrosianac m.t.c. 26/7/1780. "Gabriel's >Street", m.t.c. 11/6/1788, 16/12/1812. South east end, just west of Register >office, named Gabriel Road, Kincaid's map of 1784. Given in list D.1826-7, >also previously up present date. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Watson Family" <watsonb@iinet.com.au> >To: <SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:27 AM >Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Re Hosier or Stocking weaver? Arnot family > > > > Hi, > > Re My Thomas Arnot who was a stocking weaver at Sciennes. I have a > > marriage from SP which has a Thomas Arnot, Hosier, marrying a Margaret > > Aitken in 1787 at St Cuths > > Would a stocking weaver call himself a Hosier? He lived at Gabriel's > > Road. > > Can anyone tell me where that is? > > many thanks > > cheers Marilyn from Western Australia > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.3 - Release Date: 24/10/2008 > > 00:00 > > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Again on a point of interest. GABRIEL'S ROAD was the "lovers lane " of early/mid 18th C Edinburgh . Courting couples crossed from the "Old Town" to walk through the woodland's to Broughton/Cannonmills. They would stop on the way at the small white cottage "PEACE AND PLENTY" which stood where the Royal Bank of Scotland is now , in St Andrew's Square.and partake of strawberry's and cream in the summer and hot soup in the winter !! Long before McDonald's !!!!!!!!!!! It is believed , but not proven, that GABRIEL'S Road is named after a GABRIEL'S TAVERN in Broughton. Here endeth to-days history lesson !! Regards John John D. Stevenson Edinburgh >>Hi Marlyn, I live in Edinburgh - but had not heard of Gabriel's Road.. >>After a quick Google search - >> >>Here it is >> GABRIEL'S ROAD Shown as Register St., D.1827. Ran from where >> Register >>House now stands in a long slant N.W. to the Water of Leith, behind where >>is >>now Saxe Coburg Pl. Shown unnamed, save at south cast end, close to >>Register >>House, Kirkwood composite map. N.W. end named in large scale map, p.w. >>773. >>15, 1780. 81 57. N.W. end marked "F Road", Ainslie, 1804, its general >>course >>evident, also at Register House. It is still represented in the right of >>way >>past the Royal Bank, St. Andrew Sq., which is not always rccognised. The >>name has been wrongly derived from that of the murderer, given as Gabriel >>in >>"Peter's letters to his Kinsfolk", but really Robert Irvine. He was a >>probationer of the Church of Scotland, and employed as tutor to two little >>boys in a gentleman's family. Having fallen in love with a maid there, he >>was observed one day by his pupils to give her a kiss-which they mentioned >>innocently to their parents. Fearful of loss of reputation and failure in >>the ministry, he brooded over this until he became mad with revenge. One >>Sabbath while strolling with his pupils on or near Gabriel's road, he cut >>their throats with a pocket knife. He was seized, red handed, condemned >>and >>executed. Gabriel was a former proprietor of Inverleith, Walks in Edin. >>179. >>In the road was a tavern called Gabriels, b.b.60. Best known from Ambrose >>Tavern, scene of the "Moores Ambrosianac m.t.c. 26/7/1780. "Gabriel's >>Street", m.t.c. 11/6/1788, 16/12/1812. South east end, just west of >>Register >>office, named Gabriel Road, Kincaid's map of 1784. Given in list D.1826-7, >>also previously up present date. >>