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Linlithgow, 65, 67, 69 High Street, The Four Marys

Public House (18th Century)

Site Name Linlithgow, 65, 67, 69 High Street, The Four Marys

Classification Public House (18th Century)

Canmore ID 214359

Site Number NT07NW 180

NGR NT 00265 77134

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214359

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Lothian
  • Parish Linlithgow
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District West Lothian
  • Former County West Lothian

Recording Your Heritage Online

667 High Street, 18th century

In his laboratory above the Four Marys bar/restaurant, the pharmacist Dr David Waldie conducted experiments with anaesthetics. Sir James Young Simpson, the pioneer of anaesthesia, recognised Waldie's chloroform as being safer and more effective than his own. The bronze plaque, by R Hope Pinker, 1913, records David Waldie as a pioneer in anaesthetic research - to him belongs the distinction of having been the first to recommend and make practicable the use of chloroform in the alleviation of human suffering.

Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Publication Account (2000)

At 65-67 High Street, The Four Marys public house has its original eighteenth-century block and arcading visible, but recessed behind nineteenth-century additions. Inside is the upper part of a sixteenth-century round arched door piece set into a wall.

Information from ‘Historic Linlithgow: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).

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