Elgin
Friary (Medieval)
Site Name Elgin
Classification Friary (Medieval)
Canmore ID 16603
Site Number NJ26SW 109
NGR NJ 21 62
NGR Description NJ c. 21 62
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 109 c. 21 62
There is a reference in 1581 (Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot, vi, No.303) to lands and rents 'belonging of old to the White (ie. Carmelite)...Friars of Elgin'. The reference properly applies to another order, probably the Greyfriars. (NJ26SW 8).
I B Cowan and D E Easson 1976, 139.