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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of LEPERS' HOSPITAL | Lepers' Hospital Lepers' Hospital Lepers' Hospital Lepers' Hospital |
Kennedy's Annals of Aberdeen A Description of Both Towns of Aberdeen by James Gordon Parson of Rothemay |
075 | Was situated in the hollow ground known by the name of the leper or sick house croft lying betwixt the Gallowhills and the Spittal road. The hospital seems to have been erected about the middle of the sixteenth century, when the leprosy began to be prevalent in the town. In the beginning of the eighteenth century, when that loathsome and infectious disease had completely disappeared, the hospital became unnecessary, and was, along with the grounds belonging to it sold, under the direction of the magistrates and council, and the money received for the property was afterwards appropriated to an equally public and benevolent purpose, being the establishment of a fund for the support of persons deprived of their reason. --- Kennedy's Annals of Aberdeen. |
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