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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY IN THE FIELDS | Site of Collegiate Church of St. Mary in the Fields | Dr [Doctor] Wilson Author of Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden times |
[Situation] In the Quadrangle of the College This church is described by Dr. [Doctor] Wilson as standing at the SW. [South West] corner of the quadrangle enclosed by the college occupying part of the site of the corner of the court yard or quadrangle. This Dr [Doctor] Wilson has been able to ascertain from old plans and other records |
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Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[Pencil note in recommended Orthography column reads]
not in plan
" On the site of the University of Edinburgh stood of old a collegiate church which was consecrated to the Virgin; and called the church of St. Mary in the Field. The age of this foundation and the piety of the founder are equally forgotten. It had a provost eight chaplains and two choristers. Two additional chaplainries were endowed under James V one by James Laing a burgess of Edinburgh; and the other by Janet Kennedy the Lady Bothwell. In 1562 the magistrates applied to the Queen for the place Kirk Chambers and houses of the Kirk in the Field: to build a school. The queen assented; and they purchased in 1563; the right of the provost Penicuick; and in 1581 they acquired other rights when they obtained a charter for erecting the college. In the meantime at Kirk of Field was acted one of the most extraordinary tragedies that any age or any country has witnessed. In a house, standing at the Kirk in the field, in the night between the 9th and 10th of February 1567 was Darnley, the husband of Queen Mary assassinated, by Earl Bothwell who was encouraged to perpitrate so odious a deed, by the unscrupous factions who then domineered in Scotland ."
Chalmers Caledonia vol. [volume] 2 p. [page] 763
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 106 - Parishes of Canongate, St Cuthberts and The City of Edinburgh, OS1/11/106
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.