OS1/11/100/91
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of MONASTERY OF CARMELITE FRIARS (1526) Subsequently Greenside Hospital 1591 (For Lepers) | Site of Greenside Hospital also Site of Monastery of Carmelite Friars Site of Greenside Hospital also Site of Monastery of Carmelite Friars |
Mr A. Hay Mr Morrison |
[Situation] At N [North] East End of Greenside Row. The Site of this once useful institution was pointed out by Mr Alexander Hay and others and it appears from their statement to have stood on a flat piece of Ground at the northeast end of the Street now Called Greenside Row, When the Hospital was in existence. the field in which it was Situated was Called the Hangman's Acre, this name arose in consequence of a Gallows being place at each Corner of the Hospital, on which the Keeper had the power without trial to hang any person whom he found escaping, Such was the fear in those days of the leprosy, According to Chalmers the monastery of Carmelite Friars was not built until 1526 Caledonia vo [volume] II. See Chalmers Caledonia vol. [volume] II. p. [page] 760 |
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| Site of GREENSIDE HOSPITAL (For Lepers) | [Situation] At N [North] East End of Greenside Row. The Site of this once useful institution was pointed out by Mr Alexander Hay and others and it appears from their statement to have stood on a flat piece of Ground at the northeast end of the Street now Called Greenside Row, When the Hospital was in existence. the field in which it was Situated was Called the Hangman's Acre, this name arose in consequence of a Gallows being place at each Corner of the Hospital, on which the Keeper had the power without trial to hang any person whom he found escaping, Such was the fear in those days of the leprosy, According to Chalmers the monastery of Carmelite Friars was not built until 1526 Caledonia vo [volume] II. See Chalmers Caledonia vol. [volume] II. p. [page] 760 |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 91Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[Note] See trace 2
[Note] "Monastery of Carmelite Friars and Greenside
Hospital founded by the Town Council in 1526
and dedicated to the Holy Cross; in 1591 converted into
a leper hospital and seven lepers admitted into it in
one day."
Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] 1845
[Note] For further particulars see historical extract in page This to be inserted when book is [---]
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 30OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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Bizzy- Moderator, Molly Miller
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