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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORDER POT | Order Pot Order Pot Order Pot Order or Ordeal Pot Ordeal Pot |
Mr Watson, Publishers Dr. [Doctor] Taylor, Easton House Morayshire described 1868 Rhind's Sketchs of Antiquities of Moray. Burgh Plan 1858 |
007.16 | A deep pool on the north side of the turnpike road to Fochabers & on the west side of the Morayshire Railway. It is popularly believed that its waters rise and fall with the River Lossie. Tradition says it was in this pool where law and justice were anciently dispensed by virture of water; as late as 1560, the trial of a reputed witch took place in it & from this it is believed to have formally been called the Ordeal Pot, and that the common name as given on trace, is a corruption which has come to be almost generally applied to it. |
| MAISON DIEU (Site of) [Elgin] | Maison Dieu (site of) Maison Dieu (site of) Maison Dieu (site of) Maison Dieu (site of) |
Mr. Watson Mr. Skinner Dr. [Doctor] Taylor Burgh Plan &c. |
007.16 | This was an hospital established for administering hospitality to pilgrims and strangers, as well as for dispensing charity to the native poor - It was burned to the ground by the Wolfe of Badenoch at the same time as he fired the Cathedral and nothing of it remains except the site, which has been preserved - The lands attached to this hospital were by- "James VI by Royal Charter, dated last of February 1620 granted to the Provost, bailies, & Councillors of the burgh of Elgin and their Successors, by virture of which a Beidhouse has been erected for the support of the beidmen |
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[page] 22City of Elgin
[signed]
G. Herb. Bolland
Capt. R.Engs [Captain Royal Engineers]
10 Novr [November] 1868
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