Countess of Morays - former hospital - Aberdour
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Countess of Morays - former hospital - Aberdour
Image: © Simon Johnston Taken: 6 Dec 2008
Converted to residential in 1962, these buildings http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1098835 though rebuilt and extended originally served as a hospital founded by Anne, Countess of (? the third Earl of) Moray. -- Anne endowed it for four aged widows, of whom three were appointed by the family, and one by the clerk of the signet; each of the widows has a separate apartment, with an allowance of coal and candles, and £5 per annum in money. From: 'Aberdour - Anderston', A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1846), pp. 23-45. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43416 Date accessed: 31 December 2008. ### Grateful for some help here as there appears to be some conflicting info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart,_2nd_Countess_of_Moray gives Elizabeth as 2nd Countess of Moray. ....and a hospital for 4 widows, founded by Anne, countess of the ### second?? ### Earl of Moray. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/parishes/parhistory687.html http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory2.html
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56.051828
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-3.30689