Aberdeen trades hospitals

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Several Aberdeen trades hospitals were built by the merchants and trades associations of Aberdeen from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Traditionally hospitals had been built by the church.

The Trades Hospital Aberdeen, c1830 at Trinity Corner. Behind the Dr. Guild Gateway are Trinity Hall and the Trades Hospital (to the right).

William Guild - Founder and Patron (1633) of the Aberdeen Trades Hospital - selection from a portrait held by the Seven Incorporated Guilds, Aberdeen

Trade Hospitals in Aberdeen

The Chanonry Old Aberdeen - Bedehouses, Hospitals - 1532 to 2014

Hospitals in medieval Scotland

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Hospitals in medieval Scotland can be dated back to the 12th century. From c. 1144 to about 1650 many hospitals, bedehouses and maisons Dieu were built in Scotland.

Bishop Gavin Dunbar Founder of St Mary's Hospital (1531) Old Aberdeen

Hospitals in Old Aberdeen and "New" Aberdeen - 1200 to 1600

Selected Deeside drover roads - as far as the River Dee

Spital of Loch Muick Hospital c. 12th century