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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST LEONARD'S CHURCH (Ruins of) St Leonards Chapel (in ruins)
St Leonards Chapel (in ruins)
St Leonards Chapel (in ruins)
Principal Haldene St Andrews
Major Playfair, Provost, St Andrews
012 [Situation] About 10 chains west of the Tower of St Regulus -
The Chapel of St Leonards is now a ruin. The roof having entirely disappeared: it was a strong, handsome edifice about 136 links long, and 32 wide within the walls. On the inside of the north wall are three mural monuments of Robert Stewart, bishop of Caithness; of the Earl of Lennox, and of March, besides one or two others which are very much decayed.
"The original church of the parish of St Leonards was situated in the immediate vicinity of the college of the same name and for more than two centuries it was occupied by the parishioners. About seventy years ago it required extensive repairs the expenses of which would have fallen chiefly on the funds of the united college. A few years prior to this period however the colleges of Salvator and St Leonards had been incorporated by act of parliament and to St Salvator's there had been attached by the founder a large chapel which was still in a good state of repair and was now the property of the United College and it became a subject of discussion among the masters whether it would be more eligle [eligible ?] to repair the old parish church or to fit up the chapel of St Salvators for the use of the parishioners? The latter was situated indeed beyond the limits of the parish but the distance between the two was so small that it was a matter of but little importance to the parishioners whether they were accommodated in the one or in the other. The majority of the masters favoured the idea of the proposed transference as the other buildings of St Salvators College were already appreiated [appropriated ?] for the use of the united college and the sanction of the presbytery of St Andrews to the measure having been obtained the
Sat Acct. [Statistical Account] p. [page] 502 [continues]

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Sheet 2 Trace 5 Ph. [Parish] of St Leonards

As this was the parish church of St Leonards Church & not chapel is the proper designation [below Name]

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