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 The National Library of Scotland has online Ordnance Survey maps of Duddingston. <br>
 The six-inch 1853 map has Duddingston on four sheets <br>
 Sheet 2 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426700 maps.nls.uk/view/74426700]<br>
 Sheet 3&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426702 maps.nls.uk/view/74426702]<br>
 Sheet 6&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426705 maps.nls.uk/view/74426705]<br>
 Sheet 7&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426707 maps.nls.uk/view/74426707]<br>
-The one-inch 1885 Ordnance Survey map only has sheets 2 and 6<br>
+Using the "Explore georeferenced maps" link at the top of the page overlays the historic map on a current map of the same area.<br>
+The one-inch 1885 Ordnance Survey map&nbsp; which includes Edinburgh is sheet 32 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74488698 maps.nls.uk/view/74488698]<br>
+The one-inch 1898 Ordnance Survey map has the parishes colored.<br>
+Edinburgh sheet 32&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400788 maps.nls.uk/view/74400788]<br>
-Sheet 2&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426701 maps.nls.uk/view/74426701]<br>
+The parish also appears on four of the 25-inch maps surveyed in 1893.<br>
-Sheet&nbsp; 6&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426706 maps.nls.uk/view/74426706]<br>
+The NW part of the parish including the western part of Portobello, this map has the largest portion of the parish, Sheet 004.05 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/82877529 maps.nls.uk/view/82877529]<br>
-The one-inch 1898 Ordnance Survey map has the parished colored.<br>
+The NE part includes the eastern part of Portobello, sheet 004.06 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/82877541 maps.nls.uk/view/82877541]<br>
-Edinburgh sheet 32&nbsp; [http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400788 maps.nls.uk/view/74400788]<br>
+The SE part of the parish appears as a small section in the upper left of this map sheet&nbsp;004.10 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/82877583 maps.nls.uk/view/82877583]<br>
-Using the "Explore georeferenced maps" link at the top of the page overlays the historic map on a current map of the same area.<br>
+The SW part of the parish includes the village of Duddingston,&nbsp; sheet 004.09 1893 [http://maps.nls.uk/view/82877571 maps.nls.uk/view/82877571]<br>
+The National Archives has a page with abbreviations for the Ordnance Survey maps including the historic abbreviations.&nbsp; [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060821033704/ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/abbreviations.html webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060821033704/ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/abbreviations.html]
-The National Archives has a page with abbreviations for the Ordnance Survey maps including the historic abbreviations.&nbsp; [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060821033704/ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/abbreviations.html webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060821033704/ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/abbreviations.html]<br>
+A good description of the parish boundaries and communities will be found in A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland by Samuel Lewis and published in 1846.&nbsp; [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43433 www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx]
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