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ft took the name of the Ladies-well, from the fair sister-
hood, who must have been the guardians of it and of all
the places near them.*
VII. On the north wall of the great church-yard, where
the Wesleian Methodists have their place of worship just
now, was a chapel, the name of which, together with
that of the saint to whom it was dedicated, is entirely
forgotten.
VIII. About a mile to the westward, on a small rising
ground, with great variety of beautiful scenery around,
stood the chapel of Logie. The place it occupied can
still be observed ; and the burying-»round is used, gene-
rally by the inhabitants of the neighbouring extensive
and populous village of Lochee.
IX. St. Clement's church, not so old as St. Paul's, but
which seems to have been the principal church, and St.
Clement the tutelar saint of the town, previous to the
erection of the great church of St. Mary. Upon the site
ot St. Clement's, the present Town-house was erected.
The meal-market, guard house, with the lanes adjoin-
ing, were the burying-ground ; and continued to be so
till the grant of Queen Mary, which gave so ample pri-
vileges and property to the town, — among the rest the
present HofF, with all the lands situated on the ground
now called Barrack Street.-f-
X. St. Mary's Church has been the parish church
since the reformation. This church, when entire, must
have been one of the most magnificent in the kingdom.*}*
* A little to the west, and adjoining to the Lady-well, is a large garden
lying on a gentle declivity, called the Lady-well Yard,— in which there is
a most abundant spring of excel lent water, that was never known to fail
in the driest summer, even when the Lady-well was so drained as not to
afford supply to the inhabitants. Should this be employed for a steam-
engine in the present prosperous state of manufactures, a pit for the wa-
ter would require to be sunk, which might materially injure the Lady-
well. It would certainly, therefore, be of advantage to the town, if the
Magistrates could procure this property,— which would prevent the Lady-
well being endangered ; and the addition of this copious spring would at
all seasons afford a plentiful supply of excellent water to the totvn.
+ See Appendix.