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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAISON DIEU CHAPEL (Ruin) A.D. 1256 Maison Dieu Chapel (Ruin)

Maison Dieu Chapel (Ruin)
Maison Dieu Chapel (Ruin)
Maison Dieu Chapel (Ruin)
Mr. Daniel Macintosh
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Mr. John Lawrence,
Mr. Black, Town Clerk
Keith's Catalogue of Bishops
027 A ruin, being the only remains left of a very ancient chapel.
"William de Brechin, is said, in 1256, to have founded the chapel, called Maison de Dieu, for the repose of the souls of the Kings William & Alexander, and his brother, John, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon, of Henry his father, and Juliana his mother. part of the walls of the Chapel still remain; they are situated in Maisondieu Lane, and they prove the chapel had been originally an elegant little building "
History of Brechin by Mr Black, Town Clerk
CLERK STREET [Brechin] Clerk Street
Clerk Street
Clerk Street
Corner Tickets
Mr. Daniel Macintosh
Mr. John Lawrence
027 A Street leading Southerly from the Distillery and terminating at the end of Panmure Street,
BRECHIN HOTEL Brechin Inn & Hotel
Brechin Inn & Hotel
Brechin Inn & Hotel
Sign Board
Mr. Daniel Macintosh
Mr. Lawrence
027 A large Inn and Hotel at the south end of Clerk Street, attached are Stables and coach house facing Panmure Street

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Maison Dieu Chapel [note]
"Part of the front & east walls of the hospital still stands
in the Vennel (a lane in the Timber Market) presenting
several fine though decayed points of Early English Archi-
tecture, with piscina and ambry, & the original mason-
marks are still visible on many of the stones. It had
never been a building of great extent & probably these
are the ruins of the Chapel which was erected by
Sir Wiliam of Brechin" Memorials of Angus & Mearns

"In a lane at the back of the town are some remains
of the Ancient Chapel of Maison Dieu, founded by Sir
William de Brechin, in 1256 & confirmed by James III in 1477." Fullartons Gazetteer

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