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Black plaque № 50500

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The Howff Gardens of the Grey Friars Monastery destroyed 1547-8 granted to the town as a place of burial by Mary Queen of Scots 1564 used by the incorporated trades as meeting place or howff till 1776 sepulture discontinued 1857

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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