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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 KING JAMES'S HOSPITAL (1614) | King James's Hospital (Site of) King James's Hospital (Site of) King James's Hospital (Site of) King James's Hospital (Site of) |
Mr Turnbull, Session Clerk Mr Grandison Mr Perrie |
002 | [Situation] S.E. by E. [South East by East] of Constitution Street. The Site of an ancient building which was demolished in 1824 for the purpose of enlarging the burying ground This institution was founded by the Church Session of South Leith in 1614 and confirmed by a Charter of James Vl [6th]. The spot on which it stood is now marked by the Scottish Arms built into the wall of the Church yard The only part remaining of this building is that portion of the wall which bounds S.E. [South East] corner of the Church y [yard]. "This old building stood on the east side of the Kirkgate and at the south-west corner of the churchyard It was founded by the church session of South Leith in the year 1614 and endowed with certain lands and teneme [tenements] anciently belonging to the preceptor of St. Anthony in Leith and the Chapel of St. James at Newhaven. The arising from these subjects together with contributions made by the maltmen, trades and traffickers in Leith were approp [appropriated] to the support of aged women belonging to their Crafts. The number of paupers seldom exceeded twelve, each of them had an [apartment ?] ment in the hospital with fire candle and a weekly pension. This establishment having been confirmed by the ch [charter] of James Vl [6th] received from that circumstance the name which it bore. The spot on which King James's Hospital stood is now marked by the Scottish arms built into the wall of South Leith Church-yard in the Kirkgate" Campbells History of Leith Page 345 |
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