Plaque
Records tagged with Type of Memorial: Plaque
Memorial including Alice Forbes
Submitted by Alison McCall on 23 March 2017 - 10:47pm
Revised: 23 March 2017 - 11:07pm Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Botriphnie
Alice Forbes, nee Hunter 1883-1972
School teacher and benefactor
Location:
St Rufus Park
Seafield Avenue
Keith, AB55 5BS
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Images:
Memorial plaque to Louisa, Vicountess Stormont
Submitted by Alison McCall on 30 December 2016 - 4:44pm
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Sacred
to the memory of
Louisa, Vicountess Stormont
Third daughter of Cuthbert Ellison
Of Hebburn Hall, in the County of Durham, Esquire,
And of Isabella Grace, his wife
Married April 8th 1829
To William David, Viscount Stormont
Son of William Earl and Frederica, Countess of Mansfield
Nat July 2nd 1809 Ob Nov 24th 1837
Material:
Marble
Location:
The chapel at Scone Palace
Perth, PH2 6BD
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Images:
Plaque to Mary Caroline Fraser
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 23 November 2016 - 9:40pm
Revised: 8 March 2017 - 4:01pm admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF
MARY CAROLINE FRASER MBE
DIED 29TH NOV 1937
WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE TO THE INTERESTS OF
THOSE WHO SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
AND TO THE WELFARE OF THEIR FAMILIES
BY HER SELFLESS WORK AND WISE GUIDANCE
SHE EARNED THEIR UNDYING GRATITUDE
I am among you as he that serveth
ERECTED BY THOSE WHO LOVE HER
Erected by:
'BY THOSE WHO LOVE HER'
Material:
Bronze
Location:
St Giles's Kirk
High Street, Royal Mile
Edinburgh, MLN, EH1 1RE
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Images:
Plaque to Ella Pirrie
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 18 October 2016 - 10:20pm
Revised: 8 March 2017 - 3:54pm admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF
ELLA PIRRIE, DEACONESS
WHO RENDERED VALUABLE AID
IN THE EQUIPMENT OF THE
DEACONESS HOSPITAL
OF WHICH SHE WAS THE FIRST MATRON
FROM 1894 TO 1914
SHE WAS THE SUPERINTENDANT OF THE
DEACONESS REST HOUSE,
EDINBURGH
FROM 1916 TO 1923
ENTERED INTO REST 30TH OCTOBER 1929
"A SUCCOURER OF MANY"
ERECTED BY
HER FELLOW WORKERS AND OTHER FRIENDS
Erected by:
fellow workers and other friends
Material:
Metal
Location:
Former Kirk o' Field, now the Greyfriars' Charteris Sanctuary
138-140 The Pleasance
Edinburgh, MLN, EH8 9RR
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Images:
Plaque to Alice Maud Maxwell
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 18 October 2016 - 9:40pm
Revised: 8 March 2017 - 3:50pm admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALICE MAUD MAXWELL
DEACONESS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
DAUGHTER OF SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL BART.,
OF CARDONESS.
DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1915
AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEACONESS HOUSE FROM 1888 - 1912
SHE LABOURED IN THE PLEASANCE DISTRICT WITH UNWEARIED ZEAL
AND DEVOTION AND WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO THROUGH WHOSE EFFORTS
THE ST. NINIAN'S MISSION BUILDINGS. THE DEACONESS HOSPITAL
AND THE CHARTERIS MEMORIAL CHURCH WERE ERECTED.
SHE TOOK A LEADING PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN'S
WORK IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, AND IN THE RESTORATION
OF THE ORDER OF DEACONESSES.
HER SAINTLY AND HER DEVOTED LABOURS ARE
HELD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.
ERECTED BY SISTER DEACONESSES, FRIENDS AND MEMBERS
OF THE ORIGINAL ST NINIAN'S CONGREGATION
Erected by:
Sister Deaconesses, friends and members of the original St Ninian's congregation.
Material:
Metal
Location:
Former Kirk o' Field, now the Greyfriars' Charteris Sanctuary
138-140 The Pleasance
Edinburgh, MLN, EH8 9RR
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Images:
Plaque to Janet Harper Willis
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 5 October 2016 - 10:42pm
Revised: 8 March 2017 - 3:46pm admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
"JESSIE" JANET HARPER WILLIS
BORN DECEMBER 25 1871
ENTERED INTO REST OCTOBER 31 1926
FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL
AND DEVOTED MEMBER OF THIS
CONGREGATION
Erected by:
The congregation
Material:
Metal
Location:
St Mark's Scottish Episcopal Church
287 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh, MLN, EH15 2AR
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Images:
Plaque to Jean Thomson Harris
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 21 September 2016 - 10:22pm
Revised: 8 March 2017 - 3:43pm admin
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
This cemetary is the last resting place of
JEAN THOMSON HARRIS
1881 - 1963
Beloved Wife of the
FOUNDER OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Paul P. Harris
Erected by Rotary Club of Braids 7 June 1997
Erected by:
Rotary Club of Braids
Date:
7 June 1997
Material:
Metal
Location:
Newington Cemetery
222B Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh, MLN, EH16 5DT
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Images:
Plaque to William Wood and Margaret Parker Chalmers
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 2 September 2016 - 7:23pm
Revised: 14 September 2016 - 12:40pm Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER
WILLIAM WOOD CA EDINBURGH
BORN 21ST MARCH 1812 DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1892
SON OF JOHN PHILIP WOOD AND HIS WIFE MARION CADELL
ALSO OF MY MOTHER MARGARET PARKET CHALMERS
BORN 3RD AUGUST 1823 DIED 21ST MAY 1902
WIFE OF WILLAM WOOD AND DAUGHTER
OF THE REV THOMAS CHALMERS DD
ERECTED BY GRACE CHALMERS WOOD
Erected by:
Grace Chalmers Wood
Material:
brass
Location:
Chalmers Memorial Kirk
Gosford Road
Port Seton, ELN, EH32 0HG
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Images:
Plaque to Wendy Wood at Old Calton Cemetary
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 30 August 2016 - 8:49pm
Revised: 24 January 2017 - 9:39am Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
WENDY WOOD
PATRIOT
1892 - 1981
Location:
beside the North Wall of Old Calton Cemetary
Regent Road
Edinburgh, MLN
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Plaque to Mary Erskine at Erskine House, 68-73 Queen Street Edinburgh
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 30 August 2016 - 5:35pm
Revised: 14 September 2016 - 12:43pm Alison McCall
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
TO COMMEMORATE
THE MARY ERSKINE SCHOOL
WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE
FROM 1871 - 1966
PRESENTED BY THE FORMER PUPILS' GUILD
TO CELEBRATE THEIR
125TH ANNIVERSARY - JUNE 2009
Erected by:
Mary Erskine's Former Pupils' Guild
Date:
June 2009
Location:
on the wall at Erskine House (soon to be an aparthotel)
68-73 Queen Street
Edinburgh, MLN, EH2 4NN
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Images:
Additional information:
This vacant office block is being converted into an aparthotel (2016). The Guild talk about another plaque, erected 1975, which had been placed inside the building and was missing in 2009 when this plaque was put up (will follow up when aparthotel is complete - it is a building site at present).
