OS1/11/47/31
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of HOSPITAL [Newhall House] | Site of Hospital | Mr Murray Mr JacKson |
017 | [Situation] About ¾ Mile N. N. W. [North North West] from Newhalll House The Site of an Hospital or Hospice apparently in Connection with a religious order which seems to have existed at Newhall House, The quoted authorities, States that they have always heard it said, by old people - that an Hospital Stood between The dwelling house and farm Stedding of Spittal, which gave Rise to the name, There is a stone in the South Side of the Barn (or out house, date 1641 Mr JacKson saw part of the foundation of the Hospital but not a vestige remains of it now, |
| Site of HOSPITAL [Newhall House] | Site of Hospital | Mr Murray Mr JacKson |
017 | [Situation] About ¾ Mile N. N. W. [North North West] from Newhalll House The Site of an Hospital or Hospice apparently in Connection with a religious order which seems to have existed at Newhall House, The quoted authorities, States that they have always heard it said, by old people - that an Hospital Stood between The dwelling house and farm Stedding of Spittal, which gave Rise to the name, There is a stone in the South Side of the Barn (or out house, date 1641 Mr JacKson saw part of the foundation of the Hospital but not a vestige remains of it now, |
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Parish of PenicuiK Parish [Page] 31[Note] " A religious house or hospital, near the Site of the present New Hall endowed with Considerable landed property is supposed to have held most of the Surrounding district," Descriptn [Description] of Newhall & Scenery P. [Page] 404
" Besides being a receptacle for the SicK, and aged, under the monastery; Spittal was a hospitium, or inn, and the MonK's Road with its crosses, accommodation, and guides for friars, And other travellers, in Journeying from cloister to another." ibid. [ibidem "the same place"] P. [Page] 405
" The back of the Hospital itself appears at the upper end of the group of trees encircling its garden. The hospital was reduced & modernized about 60 years ago but one of its offices is Still covered with an arched Stone roof and has all marKs of great antiquity ." ibid. [ibidem "the same place"] Page 471
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