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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| JAMES MURRAY'S ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM (Continued) | [continued from page 47] for various purposes and in particular he directed them to invest a considerable portion of his fortune in such heritable or personal securities as they might deem proper to accumulate for a number of years, and thereafter to lay out and employ the whole sum princpal and in the purchase of ground for and the building and erecting in the City of Perth or its neighbourhood of an Asylum for the reception of lunatic persons, &c. &c. The erection was commenced on the 18th. October 1822. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1827 under the title of "James Murray's Royal Lunatic Asylum", and its management vested permanently in twenty-five Directors - viz. nine ex officio four for life and twelve elected annually. It was first opened on the 28th. June 1827. The original Cost was upwards of £40,000 including the house and grounds and lately the Directors have purchased a farm adjoining at an expense of nearly £7,000 besides the mansion and grounds Pitcullen Bank also contiguous |
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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 65 - Parish of Perth, OS1/25/65
This volume contains information found in the parish of Perth.
Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.