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212:. It is thought that the excavation uncovered the western boundary-wall of the hospital with another building (possibly a bakery) built against the wall's east face. Medieval pottery was found, and the building appears to have been levelled in either the 14th or 15th century. More of the wall was uncovered in 1993, and in 1994 excavations took place along the Interceptor Sewer Pipeline (between Pipeland Cottage and St Nicholas farmhouse) after a bronze hoard and a few stone axes were found in the area. Two trenches at the farm revealed animal bones, pottery fragments, and an 18th or 19th century field drain. 172:
The house functioned as a home for lepers until at least March 1438. It is referred to for the last time as a leper house in a document dating to 14 March 1438, but is called a "poor house" in another document dating to 12 May. In 1529 it was taken over by the Dominicans, becoming attached to their
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In February and March 1997 more excavations uncovered a wall of a large building with 16th-century green-glazed pottery, along with a smaller wall, perhaps coming from 16th- or 17th-century redevelopment. Further archaeological activity in 1999, in advance of the construction of a nursery south of
833: 93:. It was located around what is today St Nicholas farmhouse at the Steading, between Albany Park and the East Sands Leisure Centre. Of unknown origin, the establishment served as a 1630: 216:
the Leisure Centre and south-west of the 1987 area, unearthed a cobbled road and bones from four humans who lived 1530 x 1310 BC, 130 x 390 AD, 430 x 650 AD, and 530 x 660 AD.
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outside the town between the beach at East Sands and the old coastal route. Parts of the hospital complex have been excavated in the 20th century, with rumours of a graveyard.
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was also called Liberton ("Leper toun"). The farmer at St Nicholas is said to have discovered 30 bodies in the vicinity of the farmhouse in the late 1950s.
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Proudfoot, E. (1994), "St Andrews Interceptor Pipeline (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Proudfoot, Edwina V. W.; Innes, Mary (eds.),
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Between November 1986 and March 1987 excavation took place in the area, prior to the construction of the East Sands Leisure Centre and
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Hall, D. W. (1986), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Proudfoot, Edwina V. W.; Proudfoot, B. E. (eds.),
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Proudfoot, E. (1994), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Proudfoot, Edwina V. W.; Innes, Mary (eds.),
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Proudfoot, E. (1989), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Proudfoot, Edwina V. W.; Innes, Mary (eds.),
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The hospital and its graveyard was located around the farm which became known as St Nicholas' farm (today a
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Hall, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 14; Maloney, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 31; Proudfoot, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 17
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Maloney, C. (1993), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Batey, Colleen E. (ed.),
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Stronach, S (1997), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Turner, Robin (ed.),
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Toolis, R. (1997), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Turner, Robin (ed.),
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Hall, D (1999), "St Nicholas Farm (St Andrews and St Leonards parish)", in Turner, Robin (ed.),
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Proudfoot, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 21 and "St Andrews Interceptor Pipeline", pp. 20–21
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house appear to date to the late 12th century. Perhaps the earliest record, a grant of 2
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Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man
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with the dependent buildings converted into houses). The letter-book of
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Stronach, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 41; Toolis, "St Nicholas Farm", p. 41
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The Place-Names of Fife, Volume Three: St Andrews and the East Neuk
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Religious organizations established in the 12th century
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Index

St Nicholas
Diocese
St Andrews
Grid reference
medieval hospital
St Andrews
Fife
hospice
lepers
Kinkell
Céli Dé
leper
oxgangs
Inchture
Gowrie
Roger de Beaumont
bishop of St Andrews
heather
Dominican Order
toft
croft
Leven
Largo
Blackfriars, St Andrews
victual
bed and breakfast
James Haldenston
prior of St Andrews
township
car park

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