Stirling, Over Hospital
Almshouse (Medieval)
Site Name Stirling, Over Hospital
Classification Almshouse (Medieval)
Canmore ID 46255
Site Number NS79SE 69
NGR NS 792 937
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46255
- Council Stirling
- Parish Stirling
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS79SE 69 792 937.
Almshouse (the Over Hospital): Dedicated to St Peter, a poor's hospital (with a chaplain) on the E side of the parish church (NS 792 937), beside the burial ground, was in existence before 1482. It is also mentioned in 1610 when it was ruinous and proposed to be rehabilitated. D E Easson 1957; I B Cowan 1964
