Publication Account

Date 1981

Event ID 1017996

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017996

St. Andrews was for centuries a favourite place for pilgrims. St. Leonard's hospital, which had been founded for the reception of pilgrims, later served as a hospital for old and infirm women until 1522, when it became the corner-stone for Prior Hepburn's St. Leonard's College ( Cowan, 1976, 190).

Information from ‘Historic St Andrews: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).