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Rathven, Bede House
Hospital (Medieval)
Site Name Rathven, Bede House
Classification Hospital (Medieval)
Canmore ID 17410
Site Number NJ46NW 1
NGR NJ 4433 6568
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17410
- Council Moray
- Parish Rathven
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ46NW 1 4433 6568
(NJ 4433 6568) Bede House (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1938)
A hospital at Rathven was founded for a chaplain, seven lepers and a servant in 1224-6. The hospital continued, latterly as an institution for the poor, until the 19th century; the last bedesman dying in 1859 and the house being demolished in 1886.
D E Easson 1957
No further information; no remains of the house exist.
Visited by (OS) EGC 15 March 1962
The former existence of 'Bede House', and the name, are still known locally.
Visited by OS (RL) 17 July 1967
