. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Grey friars Church. Fire-place and Stair at the Greyfriars ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 145 South Street to about Highfield, where it turned north towards theWest Port. I direct attention to this now, so that when I refer tothe defences of the town in later pages, one may follow the remarksmore clearly. The Commerce Street of those days was known as the South Wynd,and later as the School Wynd—while Moss Street was the Moise or MossWynd leading to the Moss of Strathcant—the land lying betweenElgin and New Elgin—then
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Grey friars Church. Fire-place and Stair at the Greyfriars ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 145 South Street to about Highfield, where it turned north towards theWest Port. I direct attention to this now, so that when I refer tothe defences of the town in later pages, one may follow the remarksmore clearly. The Commerce Street of those days was known as the South Wynd,and later as the School Wynd—while Moss Street was the Moise or MossWynd leading to the Moss of Strathcant—the land lying betweenElgin and New Elgin—then an undrained bog. Continuing into South Street—better known a generation ago asthe Back Street—we have on our left the old Eagle Inn —the lastof the old hostelries—with stabling opposite. Then we have thestables of the old Fife Arms Inn, a little further along those of the Palace —once the Plough Inn —still further along we have the Gordon Arms stables—one of the best equipped stables in thenorth—and still further west there is the old stableyard of the WhiteHorse Inn. Let us,
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