Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of HOLY ROOD CHAPEL | Site of Holyrood Chapel Site of Holyrood Chapel |
Mr. Matheson Mr. Laing |
[Situation] At the South Side of Parliament House This Chapel stood. at the South end of the Parliament [house] The Site of it was pointed out by Mr Matheson who saw part of the [Window] Standing, |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 92
Parish of The City of Edinburgh
[note]
? Holyrood Chapel - See Holyrood Street etc on Sheet 36
O,M,O [Ordnance Map Office]
[note]
"In the lower church-yard at present denominated the
bacK Stairs stood the Chapel of Holyrood, wherein on the 12th.
of August in the year 1528 Walter Chapman founded a
chaplainry at the altar of Jesus Christ Crucified and
endowed it with his tenement in the Cowgate and anno
1579 Walter Balcanquell was collated thereto by the town
Council. In the neighbourhood of this chapel was a farm
house called St Giles's Grange",
Maitlands Hist [History] of
Edinburgh
Page 185
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.