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Account of the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Rosslyn Chapel, from Arthur Helps’ Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861 to Which are Prefixed and Added ...
SC 2574020
Description Account of the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Rosslyn Chapel, from Arthur Helps’ Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861 to Which are Prefixed and Added Extracts from the Same Journal Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland and Tours in England and Ireland and Yachting Excursions, London, 1868, chapter XXV, p. 460.
Date 1868
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2574020
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AL 39/58
Scope and Content This excerpt recounts the 1842 visit of Queen Victoria to Rosslyn Chapel, and notes that she “remained for some time in the chapel, admiring its beauties, and listening to its legends”. Helps further recounts the legend of the Prentice Pillar and the story of a wager between Robert the Bruce and William de Saint Clair. The account continues on to describe the journey of the Queen to Lasswade and Hawthornden. Sixteen leaves.
Accession Number 2021/8
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