CARRUBBER'S CLOSE
As with many closes in the Royal Mile, the origin of this name is not definitive, but it is most often linked with William de Carriberis (aka Carroberos, Carabris), a magistrate and merchant who resided nearby in the early 1450's.

Other famous residents through the years have included the poet Allan Ramsay (1684-1758), and James Young Simpson, who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform while running a dispensary on this site.