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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BREAKWATER [Newhaven] | Breakwater Breakwater |
Mr. J. Cairnie Mr. Mather |
[Situation] Projecting N.W. by W. [North West by West] about 2 chains from Free Church. A quantity of bolders loosely piled together for the purpose of acting as a breakwater, to protect the Stone Pier from the Westerly winds. |
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| Site of ST JAMES'S CHAPEL [Newhaven] | Site of St James's Chapel Site of St James's Chapel |
Mr Mather, Flecher, Newhaven Mr Craig Willow Bank History of Leith |
This Chapel was erected about the fifteenth Century and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary & St James but the former giving way to the latter it went by the Name of St James's Chapel. Its site is now occupied by the Fisherman's Burying Ground, and a small portion of the outer was is all that remains of this ancient edifice. |
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[Page] 10Parish of Newhaven
Site of St James's Chapel [note] It cannot be ascertained whether this Chapel was built before the year 1600 or after it, but it is evident it was built between 1479 and 1508 as the former is the date of th accession of James IV, and the latter is the date of a deed of resignation of the Chapel buildings.
Site of St James's Chapel [note] Newaven had in the 15th Century a Chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was designated from it in a style characteristic of the period, Our Lady's Port of Grace. A small part of the outer wall of the Chapel still exists in the burying ground in the centre of the village. Fullarton's Gazetteer vol. [volume] 2 Page 439
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 06OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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