Volume contents
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[Page] 133
Parish of Canongate
Paul's Work contind [continued from page 132]
Extract from Chalmer's Caledonia Vol. [Volume] 2 P [Page] 7
"In 1479 Thomas Spence the Bishop of
Aberdeen founded in Leith Wynd an Hospital for the reception of twelve poor
men and it was dedicated to the Virgin and was from this circumstance called
the Hospital of Our Lady. At the Reformation the Magistrates of Edinbh [Edinburgh]
acquired this hospital with its revenues from Mary Stewart under her general
grant of March 1567 and in 1619 they converted this hospital into a Workhouse
which they called Paul's Work a name that it still retains."
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 100 - Parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/100
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of St Cuthberts, South Leith, Canongate, and The City of Edinburgh.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian 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 Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.