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Title: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: Silverhawk on Saturday 11 January 20 06:09 GMT (UK)

I've come across the address "1 St. Magdalen Bank" in Perth for a marriage. Anyone know where this is/was? Google Maps has a St Magdalene's Road and St Magdalene's Lane, is it an old (mis-spelled) name for one of these, or somewhere else?

Title: Re: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: robesur on Saturday 11 January 20 08:37 GMT (UK)

St Magdalen's Road is on a steep hillside with some of the houses set up a particular steep bank. I suspect that this is the area referred to. They are now numbered in with the road, around about No.35 if my memory serves me right.

Title: Re: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: DonM on Saturday 11 January 20 11:35 GMT (UK)

Try this...

https://maps.nls.uk/view/74479256

Don

Title: Re: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: McGroger on Saturday 11 January 20 11:56 GMT (UK)

And this, possibly the name of a terrace house. In the bottom left area of the map: "Magdalen Bank".
https://maps.nls.uk/view/118247661 (https://maps.nls.uk/view/118247661)

Title: Re: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: McGroger on Sunday 12 January 20 04:56 GMT (UK)

Also, this post office directory lists the following occupants of Magdalen Bank in 1891/92:
Mrs John Chalmers
A. G. Chalmers, architect
J. Ferguson Chalmers, solicitor
John M'Gregor, late postmaster
About halfway down the second column of page 303.
https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/86528704?mode=transcription (https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/86528704?mode=transcription)
Peter

Title: Re: Where is St Magdalen Bank, Perth?
Post by: Silverhawk on Sunday 12 January 20 11:34 GMT (UK)

I'd say that's it. The person in question lived in Cherrybank so that location would have been pretty close. Thanks all :)