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Parish of Dalmeny -- Sheet 3 -- P. [Plan] 13 -- Trace 5

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head and so as to fit to a body like an Egyptian Mummy - At the head & foot are the lion rampant
and passant, and along the right side at the base are traceable the indications of twelve pairs of
feet, supposed to represent the twelve Apostles - when discovered it was surmounted by a lid that
[is presumed] to have been richly Carved - It is supposed to have belonged to the now extinct family of
Stewart of Craigie Hall - of the history or date of erection of Dalmeny church little is known,
It is supposed to have been a Temple Church and erected in the 10th or 11th Century - Referenced is made
to it in Chalmers' Caledonia - "There is a charter of Waldere, the Earl of Dunbar, from 1166 to 1182, to the
Monks of Dunfermline, which was witnessed by Helia de Dundas and Robert Avenel, the Parson
of Dumanie - During the reign of William or Alexander II, the church of this Parish was granted
[to] the monks of Jedworth and was confirmed by the Diocesan - The church would thus appear
[to] have been a Parsonage and the tithes drawn by the monks of Jedburgh till the time of the
Reformation - During the fifteenth Century the tithes seem to have been leased to the holders of land,
as in May 1471 the Lords Auditors appointed a day to the Lairds of Dundas, Barnbougle & Cragie
[to] prove that Robert late Lord Boyde, had a sufficient lease from the Abbot of Jedworth of the
tithes of this Church" - Another object of interest must here be mentioned in connexion
with this venerable structure which is the bell that was suspended in the small belfry on
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