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Volume contents
- 1 - Arbroath Town etc , Index
- 3 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 3 (start)
- 10 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 10
- 20 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 20
- 30 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 30
- 40 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 40
- 44 - Arbroath Town etc , loose page
- 50 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 50
- 60 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 60
- 67 - Arbroath Town etc , Page 67 (end)
- 68 - Arbroath Town etc , Title Page
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 44A
[Marginal Note]
This acct. [account] was
Communicated
by Mr. Miller
Writer Arbroath
The origin of the name Eleemosynary descrip-
tive of the Ground on the Westside of the
High Street, from Lordburn to Tower Nook
is very apparent. In old dictionaries the tech-
nical term "Eleemosynary" is defined as
"a place in a monastery where the common alms
were laid up; also the almoner's office, to which
peculiar rents were allowed." The same term
when contracted or corrupted into Almonry or
Aumry, is defined as "the office or lodgings of the
almoner; also the place where the alms are given."
Spelman, as already quoted, says that every mon-
astery had such an aumry. As a very large
part of the revenues of the Abbey of Arbroath
were regularly distributed in the shape of alms
to the poor and to strangers, this spot of ground
was accordingly occupied by the Almoner's house
and offices, and by the warehouses where these alms were sup-
plied. Old records mention
Almonshouse Hall the Almonshouse
as being in the immediate vicinity of the Abbey
The Almonry or Aumry of the Abbey is believed to
have been situated where the house of Mr Suttie
wine merchant now stands. The Aumry had a
Court or Close into which those who
expected alms were congregated; and hence arose
the popular term Aumry Close or Almerie Closs
a name which would be familiar to all the needy
frequenters of the almoner's establishment. There
are similar instances of almoner's premises
bearing
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Transcriber's notes
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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 5 - Town of Arbroath, OS1/14/5
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire town of Arbroath.
Ordnance Survey - Angus 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 Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.