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Site of a manse. The manses surrounding the Cathedral were all named for different areas in the diocese of Aberdeen. The different areas provided the prebend, or payment, for the canons who worked in St Machar's Cathedral. The location of the manses of the canons of the cathedral gave the name to this part of Old Aberdeen, the Canonry or Chanonry. Originally the prebend had his manse located at the northwest side of the Bishop's palace and his land called Bogforth (now Seaton Park). The manse may have been inconvenient for the canon so the manse location was moved to the southwest of the cathedral between Deer and Banchory-Devenick manses, with the road to the Cathedral to the east (The Chanonry Road) and Cruden manse to the west. The land attached to the manse was still located at Bogforth (Seaton Park). Many of the manses in the Chanonry were built in the later medieval period. There was some evidence that this manse was built or founded in the late 14th century when William Calabre was prebend of Ellon and was granted his residence near the Chanonry (Reg. Episc. Aberdeen, ii, 119). Sometime in the 15th century there were complaints that the manses were run-down and boundary walls needed to be repaired. The canons who resided in the manses were instructed to fix the walls or be penalised (Morgan, Old Aberdeen, 36). The household items in the medieval manses were to be handed down by each canon to his successor and may have included simple bed linen, kitchen utensils, and necessary furniture for the public room and items needed for the brewing of ale. There are few details of the later owners of this manse. We know that at the beginning of the 18th century the heirs of Thomas Forest sold the manse to James Chapelton of Elsick while Col. Middleton of Seaton received the land and added this property to his estate.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Aberdeen City
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NJ90NW0190 - ELLON MANSE, 8 CHANONRY, OLD ABERDEEN