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Site of a manse, the house of the beadle of the Cathedral. 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. The manse was located close to the Cathedral having the cemetery on the east boundary, the Bishop's hospital to the west, and the river Don on the north. The lands of the manse were next to Bogforth on the east. 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 the prebend of Tullynessle was established and presumably his manse was also established around the same time (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 recorded details of the later owners of this manse but in it was listed as habitable in the 1630s. The last known owner of the property was George Kilgour, beadle, whose heirs sold the property to Col. Middleton of Seaton in 1723. In addition to this property, Col. Middleton acquired the Bishop's Hospital, Monymusk and Westhall manses and made them part of the Seaton House estate. The site now forms a natural walkway into Seaton Park.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Aberdeen City
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NJ90NW0198 - TULLYNESSLE MANSE, THE CHANONRY, OLD ABERDEEN