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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOBBAN'S COURT [Aberdeen] Lobban's Court
Lobban's Court
Lobban's Court
Court Name
Mr. Keith King Street, Granite Works
Mr. Duncan, Advocate Castle Street
075 Applies to a small court consisting of dwelling houses, situated to the East of Castle Street.
Site of JUSTICE PORT (Site of) Justice Port
(Site of) Justice Port
(Site of) Justice Port
Justice or Thiefs Porte
Kennedy's Annals of Aberdeen
Mr. Keith, King Street Granite Works
Mr. Duncan, Advocate, Castle Street
Turreff's Antiquarian Gleanings P. [Page] 101.
075 No vestige or sign of this Port remains. Mr. Kennedy in his Annals of Aberdeen says "Justice Port was constructed in the year 1439. on the North East corner of the Castlegate, near the entry to the Gardeners Lane; In the year 1587, it underwent considerable alterations and repairs. this fabric was in ancient times appropriated to the exposure of the heads and limbs of Malefactors, who had suffered the severest punishment of the law. Hence if obtained the name by which it was distinguished.

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