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CHAPEL (Remains of) [North Queensferry] Chapel
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Chapel (In Ruins) Mr Grant 15 chains SE [South East] by East of Northcliff An ancient chapel the west gable of which still remains.
“It was granted by King Robert the 1st for the services of which the Monks were to find two Chaplains to celebrate divine worship in it, to keep it in repair and to provide a chaplain, vestments, books and other ornaments suitable to and required in a chapel. The burial ground attached to it is still in use. The Chapel was much injured by the English in 1651. Chalmers’ His [History] of Dunfermline”
It is situated in the village of North Queensferry.
On the North Ferry, there was once a Roman catholic chapel, founded by Robert I, which was a dependency of the Abbey of Dunfermline and subsisted till destroyed by the English in 1651. Its ruins still remain and the burial ground is still in use. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Chapel (In Ruins) Mr William Pringle
Chapel (In Ruins) His [History] of Dunfermline
Chapel (In Ruins) Mr Fraser
Ruins of a Chapel Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

 


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