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I was round that way this morning and confirm that there is no number 38 Crammond Place. One row finishes at 37 and the adjacent row starts at 39!
I have lived in North Muirton since 1973 and never realised this obscure fact until mapping the area.
I think, but don’t know for definite, that it is because there used to be (in the early years of NM) a council rent office in the row 39-47 which maybe didn’t have a house number and this has caused a “missing” house when the rent office ceased to be.
In the unlikely event anyone who knows reads this stuff then please let me know.
Discussion
Comment from TomH on 20 October 2024 at 07:34
There’s a 1972/3 map on NLS when they appear to be newly built that seems to confirm it never existed.
Maybe they originally planned to have one more on the end after 37 so left space for it in the numbers but then changed their minds?
Comment from Jack_Regan on 20 October 2024 at 15:38
Thank you, that is an interesting map (well, it is to map nerd me). I note that this map has Cramond spelt with one m. All the streets are named after Scottish islands and Cramond the island does indeed have one m. However, the street in North Muirton has always had the double m on street signs etc. I wonder if this was a mistake and no one noticed until it was too late?