Aberdeen, St Thomas's Hospital
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Garden (Period Unassigned), Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, St Thomas's Hospital
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Garden (Period Unassigned), Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Melville Free Church
Canmore ID 20169
Site Number NJ90NW 47
NGR NJ 9414 0625
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20169
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 47 9414 0625
(NJ 9414 0625) Melville Free Church (NAT)
On Site of St Thomas's Hospital (NR)
OS 1:500 map, Aberdeenshire, 1st ed., (1867).
For Aberdeen, Correction Wynd, Melville Free Church (NJ 9414 0625), see NJ90NW 333.
The site of the hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, founded for the poor and infirm in 1459. It was still in operation in 1661 but the hospital and the garden were sold c.1770 and the site built upon. During building operations in 1902 evidence of a burial ground was uncovered to the east of the hospital site.
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1952.
D E Easson 1957; W Macfarlane 1907; J Milne 1911; W Kennedy 1818.
The site of this hospital and its burial-ground lie in a redeveloped part of the city.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997.