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[page] 72 Parish of the City of Edinburgh
"Lufe God above al and your nechbour as yerself" runs along the front above the ground (but is at - scored out)
"(Concealed from view - scored out). The angle is decorated with a small effigy of the reformer occupying
"-pit and pointing with his right hand to a Carved Stone, on which is enscribed the nam [name]
"the deity in Greek, Latin, and English having rays of glory on the side next the refor [reformer]
"and clouds on the other. Above is the "warm Stuydye of dailles" which was fitted up by [ ]
"town council for the accommodation of Knox and in which he is likely to have composed h[his]
"of the Reformation and those sermons which wrought such dismay to the priest, and adherents [ ]
"Popish faith but which helped so materially to confirm Scotland in its attachment to the Protes [Protestant]
"Reformation. The apartments have now fallen into decay though they are yet not without so [?some]
"traces of former magnificence. The house and some ground adjoining belong belong to a p [ ]
"connected with the Free Church, whose design at one time was, and perhaps still is p [ ]
"the house down and to erect here two churches and a School with a monument to the reform [?reformer]
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Several words / letters are hidden in the fold of the page.
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.