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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONASTERY (Dominican or Blackfriars) | Site of Monastery (Dominican or Black Friars) Site of Monastery (Dominican or Black Friars) Site of Monastery (Dominican or Black Friars) Site of Monastery (Dominican or Black Friars) |
Kennedy's Annals of Aberdeen 1818 Book of Bon-Accord 1839 Revd. [Reverend] W D Strachan Gordon's Hospital Courage's Brief Survey. 1856 |
075 | Supposed site of Monastery Dominican or Balckfriars Continued About forty feet from the Street, on the west margin of the walk was discovered an ancient grave, about 6 feet in length and four in breadth. It was rudely built of large unhewn stones, cemented with lime, and Contained the remains of three bodies, one of them, from the appearance of the scull, evidently that of a young person -- Friar John Adams, who seems to have been prior of this Convent from 1503 to 1508. was a learned man and the first graduate of theology in Kings College, eventually became the Principal of the Preaching Friars in Scotland, daring every hazard in support of religion and increasing the number of learn [learned] pious, and active preachers of that order. -- After the Reformation, the whole property which belonged to the Black and White friars, reverted to the Crown. In the Year 1587 George Earl Marischal having acquired right by purchase to the Monastery and Crofts of those friars, obtained from King James VI a Charter Confirming that right, and which be bestowed on his new College in the year 1593 - Some years previously to this. the Earl had disposed of the Manse, barns and ya [yards] of those friars to David Anderson of Finzeach, in whose family Sir John Wright the last prior of the order, was maintained for Several Years. This at length Robert Gordon acquired by purchase and on 13 December 1729 he executed a deed of Mortmain by which he Conveyed his whole property. as a fund for the building and maintenance of his (Gordon's) Hospital - |
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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 1 - City of Aberdeen, OS1/1/1
This volume contains information on place names found in the city of Aberdeen.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.