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Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 105 - Parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/105

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[Page] 213b
Parish of the City of Edinburgh

[continued from page 213a]
"1503. Before that time there was a hospital or maison dieu on the same spot but it had
fallen into decay Hugh, Lord Somervile also gave to the new hospital a rent of £40.0.0 and
another of £20 in 1541 from his barony of Carywath. But its principal benefactress was Janet
Rhynd the widow of Michael Macquhean. In 1545 she executed a deed which has been [---]
served at least in part among the records of the ancient corporation of Hammermen who now [---]
the chapel and its endowments."
Lectures on the antiquities [of] Edinburgh by a brother of the Holy Guild vol, [volume] 2 p. [page] [---]

Transcriber's notes

Words lost in fold

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 105 - Parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/105

This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts, 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.

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