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| (Site of) | St Leonard’s Nunnery | Mr. Home (Town clerk) | On Sheet | This name applies to the exact | ||
| St Leonard’s Nunnery | (Site of) | 18.7 | spot where once stood the ancient | |||
| St Leonard’s Nunnery | Mr. Lumbsden | Nunnery of St Leonards. |
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| St Leonard’s Nunnery | Chamber’s Caledonia | as having existed in the 13th Century | ||||
| (Site of) | and suffered considerably during | |||||
| the wars of the Edwards – especially | ||||||
| the III Edward, who, during the seige | ||||||
| of Berwick, nearly ruined it – but his | ||||||
| subsequent victory of Halidon Hill | ||||||
| Caused him to make an annual grant | ||||||
| of £20 a year in support of an altar | ||||||
| dedicated to St Margaret upon wh[ose] | ||||||
| eve the above battle was fought, nothing | ||||||
| is heard of this building till the 15th Cent[ury] | ||||||
| when it, (like many other religious & ch[urch] | ||||||
| establishments) were destroyed by the [ruthless] | ||||||
| Henry VIII. They formed part of the or[der] | ||||||
| of Cistercians | ||||||
| Mr. Lumbsden has ploughed over the [site] | ||||||
| for the past 30 years – and the pieces of [ca???] | ||||||
| stones & old walls he came in contact with [are] | ||||||
| innumerable, – several skeletons and a piece [of] | ||||||
| stained glass w |
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| and the ground to this day is well known [as] | ||||||
| the – Nunlees- a very significant fact. | ||||||
| The Lady prioress swore fealty to Edward I | ||||||
| See Chambers Caledonia | ||||||
| John E. Daneran Corporal RS & Miners |
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