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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of CITADEL (17th Century) on the Site of St Nicholas's Hospital, Chapel and Graveyard | Citadel [Site of] Citadel [Site of] Citadel [Site of] Citadel [Site of] Citadel [Site of] |
Mr Fairgrieve Citadel Mr J Ross Citadel History of Leith Maitland's Hist [History] of Edinburgh Fullarton's Gazeteer of Scotland |
[Situation] About 22 chs [chains] in an Easterly direction from N. [North] Leith Chh [Church]. This fort occupied the Site of the place called "Citadel" and extends over an area of about 4 English Acres. For Description See the description of "Citadel". |
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| Site of ST NICHOLAS'S HOSPITAL, CHAPEL AND GRAVE YARD | St Nicholas's Chapel and Burying Ground St Nicholas's Chapel and Burying Ground St Nicholas's Chapel & Hospital |
History of Leith Maiyland's History of Edinburgh Fullarton's Gazeteer vol. 2 p.235 |
[Situation] About 22 chs [chains] in an Easterly direction from N. [North] Leith Church. This Chapel with its hospital and burying ground stood where the Citadel now stands and was removed to make way for the fort Constructed by Gen [General] Monk in 1656. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 38Parish of North Leith
"On the ground on which Monk had fixed as the site of his fortifications,
tood the ancient Chapel & Burying Ground".
Campbell's Hist. [History] of Leith Page 339
See Maitland's Hist. [History] of Edinburgh
Page 49.
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 12OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
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