. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. A lion rampant (Wallace); 2nd and 3rd, A fesschequy (Lindsay). The charges in the second and third quarter aredefective, resembling a cross couped and quarterly pierced, but no 144 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT doubt representing a fess chequjr. Perched on the upper corners ofthe shield are two papingos, holding between them in their beaks a horse-shoe—an original wayof representing supportersand crest if intended forthese. Beneath the shieldare the initials T. V. (forThomas Wallace ?). Onefails to trace any Wallaceconnected wi
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. A lion rampant (Wallace); 2nd and 3rd, A fesschequy (Lindsay). The charges in the second and third quarter aredefective, resembling a cross couped and quarterly pierced, but no 144 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT doubt representing a fess chequjr. Perched on the upper corners ofthe shield are two papingos, holding between them in their beaks a horse-shoe—an original wayof representing supportersand crest if intended forthese. Beneath the shieldare the initials T. V. (forThomas Wallace ?). Onefails to trace any Wallaceconnected with Elgin. In the refectory at thesouth-west corner of thebuildings are remains ofpaintings on some of therafters. A quantity ofsimilar paintings on lath-ings is stored. The old Greyfriars Wellis in the centre of thecloisters. In examining the build-ing one cannot but admirethe beautiful workmanshipof the restoration, whichhas been carried out onthe original foundations, thus making the restored Greyfriars one ofour historical links with the distant and romantic Fig. 52.—Shield at Greyfriars. Returning toGreyfriars Street, on the right are the Burgh and Police Buildings. Alittle further on are the Rooms, and then the Parish ChurchHall. To the west and south of this, stood the old Grammar and SangSchools; their histories are referred to when dealing with the South or Smithy port of Elgin, was situated about the cross roadshere at the top of Commerce Street, and was taken down by order ofthe Magistrates in 1792. The Elgin of the fifteenth to seventeenthcenturies was enclosed within a wall which extended from the BedeHouse in line more or less with the north side of Greyfriars Street and
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