Craigie Cross is a small
public square in the
Craigie area of
Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...
. Shaped in the form of a
scalene triangle, the plot of land, which has been in existence since at least the early 20th century, is bounded by St Leonard's Bridge to the north and Priory Place to the east. A diagonal offshoot of St Leonard's Bridge, running one-way in a southwesterly direction, connects it to Priory Place for a second time. It was down this section that trams of
Perth Corporation Tramways
Perth Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Perth, Scotland, between 1903 and 1929. Its headquarters were at 28 High Street.
History
In October 1903 the horse tramways of the Perth and District Tramways were taken over ...
used to run from the city centre.
A clock stands in the square on its northern side.
Priory Place recalls the
Priory of
St Leonard
Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Hau ...
, which was founded in the 13th century,
[''The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood'' (1849), p. 33] around the same time as
St Leonard's Nunnery. It overlooked the southern end of the nearby
from the western side, in the area where St Leonard's Bridge crosses the railway tracks today. It was suppressed in 1429 and its lands and rents were annexed by the
Carthusian monastery that had been founded.
There was a church dedicated to St Leonard at Perth as early as 1163.
Today, the Cross is known for its plethora of
fast food
Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. It is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredien ...
shops.
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References
Squares in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Perth, Scotland