Leslie Memorial Stained Glass Window St Machar's Cathedral Aberdeen Scotland

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Tour Scotland video of the Leslie memorial stained glass window in St Machar's Cathedral on ancestry visit to Aberdeen. A window by Douglas Strachan, depicting Bishops Kyninmund, Lichton and Elphinstone. Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn, meaning  " holly garden. ".In the United Kingdom, the name is spelled Leslie when given to boys, while for girls it is usually rendered as Lesley.. The surname Leslie was first found in Aberdeenshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain, a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated on the lands of Leslie. " This place is said to have derived its name from a family who held the lands so early as the eleventh century. " 

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