What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: Burns' House. In this house the Scottish national poet, Robert Burns, died on 21st July, 1790. After his decease his wife, Jean Armour (Bonnie Jean), continued to reside here until her death in 1834. The mortal remains of the poet and his wife are interred in the kirkyard of St. Michael's situated nearby. In 1851 this house was purchased by the poet's son, Colonel William Nicol Burns EICS and placed by him under the care of trustees for its maintenance as far as possible in perpetuity as a memorial to his father.
Robert Burns, a renowned Scottish poet whose works celebrate the rural life and culture of Scotland, died in this house in 1790; Jean Armour, his wife and the mother of several of his children, lived here until her death in 1834, preserving their legacy.
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