Outside the Burgh

Outside the Burgh

This area was outside the royal burgh of Perth in medieval times and belonged to the Blackfriars monastery. After the Reformation, the land was used mainly by those crafts and trades that needed more space and were hazardous to life in the town, such as the skinners, tanners, and blacksmiths. This area was a thriving and lively suburb once. Before the Reformation in 1559, this area belonged to the Blackfriar’s monastery. It was also the place where the kings stayed when visiting Perth or holding parliament in town. James I stayed here in 1437 and was brutally murdered. His body was then buried in the grounds of the Carthusian monastery, a religious settlement he founded in 1429. It was where the St James VI Hospital building is today. After the Reformation, the site was used mainly for trades and crafts that needed space and worked with fire, curing, sparks and other dangerous activities for which the city was just too small and densely populated. It was also stank quite badly as animal hides were bathed in a mixture of urine and dog’s dirt before being treated with tannin from oak bark.

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