diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
index bda9f966a7c6c711f6e88f30fb39ae98c5adb08e..a03863097527c48aba4556f8fcbb962d920c2ee2 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       /// the POCO system Config Object
       WrappedObject<Poco::Util::SystemConfiguration>* m_pSysConfig;
 
-      /// reference to the logger class
-      Logger& g_log;
-
       /// A set of property keys that have been changed
       mutable std::set<std::string> m_changed_keys;
       
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DataService.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DataService.h
index b58a09d224dfeb919d678896eb980ac149465582..2bdf31648f1ef4ecb8d94d3ac0250c5e8b3647a3 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DataService.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DataService.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
   /// Protected constructor (singleton)
-  DataService(const std::string& name) : svc_name(name),g_log(Kernel::Logger::get(svc_name)) {}
+  DataService(const std::string& name) : svc_name(name),g_log(svc_name) {}
   virtual ~DataService(){}
 
 private:
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ private:
   svcmap datamap;
   /// Recursive mutex to avoid simultaneous access or notifications
   mutable Poco::Mutex m_mutex;
-  /// Reference to the logger for this DataService
-  Logger& g_log;
+  /// Logger for this DataService
+  Logger g_log;
 }; // End Class Data service
 
 } // Namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h
index 294f8a5d23763e08ef4feab12dbc0419d3cb8a7b..290f713deb484d660e6355be6abc0ed3a7a8f627 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 /// Durations and time intervals
 typedef boost::posix_time::time_duration time_duration;
 
-// forward declaration
-class Logger;
-
 //=============================================================================================
 /** Class for holding the date and time in Mantid.
  * It is stored as a signed 64-bit int of the # of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1990.
@@ -113,9 +110,6 @@ public:
 private:
   ///A signed 64-bit int of the # of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1990.
   int64_t _nanoseconds;
-
-  /// A reference to the logger
-  static Logger & g_log;
 };
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DirectoryValidator.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DirectoryValidator.h
index bdb8d02d0c31201f1430cd6004be075e395d59b9..d16ff94d82222aea032ed5378818500c08b7c176 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DirectoryValidator.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DirectoryValidator.h
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
   virtual std::string checkValidity(const std::string &value) const;
-
-  /// A reference to the logger
-  static Logger & g_log;
 };
 
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DllOpen.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DllOpen.h
index 21848f176836838c88277cf3fee6326236a8a0f8..00a60794ac7403de717d655b639fe43e059a4b65 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DllOpen.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/DllOpen.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
 namespace Kernel
 {
-class Logger;
 
 /** @class DllOpen DllOpen.h 
 
@@ -83,9 +82,6 @@ private:
     /// Implementation specifc static method for adding a directiry to the dll search path.
     static void addSearchDirectoryImpl(const std::string&);
 
-	/// Static reference to the logger class
-	static Mantid::Kernel::Logger& log;
-
 	///lib prefix
 	static const std::string LIB_PREFIX;
 	///lib postfix
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h
index 8f72726b527ffa5531bf1326e64435f38b550549..21365af947bedb8b107b19653471129057807c04 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/CatalogInfo.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/RemoteJobManager.h"
 
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ private:
   typedef std::map< std::string, boost::shared_ptr<RemoteJobManager>  > ComputeResourcesMap;
   ComputeResourcesMap m_computeResources;      ///< list of compute resources (clusters, etc...) available at this facility
                                                // (Sorted by their names)
-  static Logger& g_log;                        ///< logger
 };
 
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FileValidator.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FileValidator.h
index fde97345c355c5f5b7def3eb0000ed82c6ee91ec..f6d444dba8ba829759b51622c27f6ccc22885f5e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FileValidator.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FileValidator.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ protected:
 private:
   virtual std::string checkValidity(const std::string &value) const;
   bool endswith(const std::string &value) const;
-
-  /// A reference to the logger
-  static Logger & g_log;
 };
 
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/IValidator.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/IValidator.h
index 7b2c449f1f6b3f6c2d36ae4a545f6607602cc53c..2cee658eaf99da1622894895b1bc771492d3309a 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/IValidator.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/IValidator.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DataItem.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include <boost/any.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h
index c4d34de8a8002df4fc1d79508bf573a67efdda4f..7e1ad68b9bbda79cf208f587ccaf4568bcdf6a4b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ private:
   std::string m_liveListener;              ///< Name of the live listener class
   std::string m_liveDataAddress;           ///< Host & port for live data connection
   std::set<std::string> m_technique;       ///< List of techniques the instrument can do
-  static Logger& g_log;                    ///< Logger
 };
 
 /// Allow this object to be printed to a stream
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Interpolation.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Interpolation.h
index 7178d164c0bbe279abd37ea10885b02c04dd704f..04185c419d4d1ec10c59155dbaa25caece63128e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Interpolation.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Interpolation.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/Property.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Unit.h"
 #include <map>
@@ -98,8 +97,6 @@ public:
   /// Prints object to stream
   void printSelf(std::ostream& os) const;
 
-  /// static reference to the logger class
-  static Logger& g_log;
 };
 
 // defining operator << and >>
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LibraryManager.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LibraryManager.h
index 3bd115a806297561fe62a19ac8cb015ff9962efc..003f77bebd36af46f96047ba8134d018e9e9a033 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LibraryManager.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LibraryManager.h
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 #include "MantidKernel/SingletonHolder.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/LibraryWrapper.h"
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
-    class Logger;
+    class LibraryWrapper;
+
     /** 
     Class for opening shared libraries.
 
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       bool skip(const std::string & filename);
       ///Storage for the LibraryWrappers.
       std::map< const std::string, boost::shared_ptr<Mantid::Kernel::LibraryWrapper> > OpenLibs;
-
-      /// static reference to the logger class
-      Logger& g_log;
     };
 
     ///Forward declaration of a specialisation of SingletonHolder for LibraryManagerImpl (needed for dllexport/dllimport) and a typedef for it.
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LogParser.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LogParser.h
index 034b646dc7fc74385ea543a95c14f64bad3cf38f..112a06816695c1474216c9d5a94493afba993844 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LogParser.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/LogParser.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 
@@ -112,9 +111,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       /// Number of periods
       int m_nOfPeriods;
 
-      /// static reference to the logger class
-      static Kernel::Logger& g_log;
-
       /// Creates a map of all available old-style commands.
       CommandMap createCommandMap(bool newStyle) const;
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
index c2ae494d748e4b6170d5b2a8965b9df5d7350c7c..0264197e01993ccb3acdd62a4dfa8c893fd1b52b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class ThreadSafeLogStream;
     Logger(const std::string& name);
     /// Destructor
     ~Logger();
-
     /// Update the name of the logger
     void setName(const std::string & name);
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Memory.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Memory.h
index ab6e8ed35da193a0d5e32aafa99323a7cf072a95..988666a9652590ef07267e33c976c6cac9cfbc3e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Memory.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Memory.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/MultiThreaded.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       std::size_t res_usage; ///< Resident memory usage by process in kiB.
       std::size_t total_memory; ///< Total physical memory of system in kiB.
       std::size_t avail_memory; ///< Available memory of system in kiB.
-      static Logger &g_log; ///< Logger
       friend MANTID_KERNEL_DLL std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const MemoryStats &stats);
       /// Mutex to avoid simultaneous access to memory resources
       static Mutex mutexMemory;
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/MultiFileValidator.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/MultiFileValidator.h
index 304d8c5e688ffadf37e806cf93e1c3d47c8e11ea..b784cdd1b773786064595bbe0fd13f0ae5b07b2b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/MultiFileValidator.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/MultiFileValidator.h
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ protected:
 private:
   /// Returns an error if at least one of the files is not valid, else "".
   virtual std::string checkValidity(const std::vector<std::vector<std::string> > &values) const;
-
-  /// A reference to the logger
-  static Logger & g_log;
 };
 
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManager.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManager.h
index 56ae69bc296c8d2c024798140298905f5b9fe8e0..7595832b55220d6505c187399e9e3df75e663ea9 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManager.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManager.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Forward Declaration
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-class Logger;
 class SplittingInterval;
 template<typename T> class TimeSeriesProperty;
 
@@ -111,9 +110,6 @@ private:
   PropertyMap m_properties;
   /// Stores the order in which the properties were declared.
   std::vector<Property*> m_orderedProperties;
-
-  /// Static reference to the logger class
-  static Logger& g_log;
 };
 
 /// Typedef for a shared pointer to a PropertyManager
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h
index 0ec82288b0a34705bccf10b30a3d8c4ac01ffb7a..aa920e6fc32b75767ccf8e65b009dfcefd3aeedd 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Forward Declaration
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-class Logger;
 class PropertyManager;
 
 /** @class PropertyManagerOwner PropertyManagerOwner.h Kernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h
@@ -105,11 +104,6 @@ private:
 
     /// Shared pointer to the 'real' property manager
     boost::shared_ptr<PropertyManager> m_properties;
-
-    /// Static reference to the logger class
-    static Logger& g_log;
-
-
 };
 
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
index 59b239223c778a372841871713f3a2876e9fb250..c7a87ce250d6fd048b780e95e1ef1ce03606db90 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
@@ -361,12 +361,12 @@ public:
     {
       std::string error = "Could not set property " + name() +
         ". Can not convert \"" + value + "\" to " + type();
-      g_log.debug() << error;
+      g_logger.debug() << error;
       return error;
     }
     catch ( std::invalid_argument& except)
     {
-      g_log.debug() << "Could not set property " << name() << ": " << except.what();
+      g_logger.debug() << "Could not set property " << name() << ": " << except.what();
       return except.what();
     }
     return "";
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ public:
       addingOperator(m_value, rhs->m_value);
     }
     else
-      g_log.warning() << "PropertyWithValue " << this->name() << " could not be added to another property of the same name but incompatible type.\n";
+      g_logger.warning() << "PropertyWithValue " << this->name()
+                       << " could not be added to another property of the same name but incompatible type.\n";
 
     return *this;
   }
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ private:
   IValidator_sptr m_validator;
 
   /// Static reference to the logger class
-  static Logger& g_log;
+  static Logger g_logger;
 
   /// Private default constructor
   PropertyWithValue();
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ private:
 
 
 template <typename TYPE>
-Logger& PropertyWithValue<TYPE>::g_log = Logger::get("PropertyWithValue");
+Logger PropertyWithValue<TYPE>::g_logger("PropertyWithValue");
 
 } // namespace Kernel
 } // namespace Mantid
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Quat.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Quat.h
index 003a8c856505c2f21666ce7d295742f631333457..7fa9744e5dd3e765ca36967a7dabbaa76d4ba367 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Quat.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Quat.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Matrix.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       double b;
       /// Internal value
       double c;
-
-     // Logger
-     static Kernel::Logger& quat_log;
     };
 
     MANTID_KERNEL_DLL std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const Quat&);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/RemoteJobManager.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/RemoteJobManager.h
index a52c689686c4fde093554e9448b2e7878f0f3470..ad5e2f02f4601a335b0fbba6b9f44ad440950aeb 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/RemoteJobManager.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/RemoteJobManager.h
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ private:
                                            // it multiple times)
   Poco::Net::HTTPResponse m_response;  // Response object for all of our HTTP requests
 
-  static Mantid::Kernel::Logger& g_log;   ///< reference to the logger class
-
   // No default copy constructor or assignment operator (mainly because
   // HTTPResponse doesn't have them
   RemoteJobManager( const RemoteJobManager & rjm);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h
index 1db6fd763e432f64253792e83993a48d90367a8f..21647f00f0d38ea68ae3ba5d9766f21fff194330 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/DllConfig.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/ITimeSeriesProperty.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Property.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Statistics.h"
 #include <utility>
@@ -309,16 +308,8 @@ namespace Mantid
       mutable std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t> > m_filterQuickRef;
       /// True if a filter has been applied
       mutable bool m_filterApplied;
-
-      /// Static reference to the logger class
-      static Logger& g_log;
     };
 
-    /// Logger definition
-    template <typename TYPE>
-    Logger& TimeSeriesProperty<TYPE>::g_log = Logger::get("TimeSeriesProperty");
-
-
     /// Function filtering double TimeSeriesProperties according to the requested statistics.
     double DLLExport filterByStatistic(TimeSeriesProperty<double> const * const propertyToFilter, Kernel::Math::StatisticType statistic_type);
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h
index b6eb73f2b8688780a8a648a39fdcd7d6224b74dd..bb65883f7e8583164ba0ae801c2757454c7b78c7 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 // Forward declaration
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 class Unit;
-class Logger;
 
 /** Creates instances of concrete units.
     The factory is a singleton that hands out shared pointers to the base Unit class.
@@ -79,9 +78,6 @@ private:
   UnitFactoryImpl& operator = (const UnitFactoryImpl&);
   ///Private Destructor
   virtual ~UnitFactoryImpl();
-
-  /// Reference to the logger class
-  Kernel::Logger& m_log;
 };
 
 ///Forward declaration of a specialisation of SingletonHolder for AlgorithmFactoryImpl (needed for dllexport/dllimport) .
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
index 780c54e2a0e003d9c5eae61cdb8879b92d4f4515..c829caa436b81f716fed8eb6b20f5a9947d5c7ae 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 namespace { // anonymous namespace for some utility functions
 
+/// static Logger object
+Logger g_log("ConfigService");
+
+
 /**
  * Split the supplied string on semicolons.
  *
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ private:
 
 /// Private constructor for singleton class
 ConfigServiceImpl::ConfigServiceImpl() :
-  m_pConf(NULL), m_pSysConfig(NULL), g_log(Logger::get("ConfigService")), m_changed_keys(),
+  m_pConf(NULL), m_pSysConfig(NULL), m_changed_keys(),
   m_ConfigPaths(), m_AbsolutePaths(), m_strBaseDir(""), m_PropertyString(""),
   m_properties_file_name("Mantid.properties"),
 #ifdef MPI_BUILD
@@ -1750,11 +1754,11 @@ bool ConfigServiceImpl::quickParaViewCheck() const
   const bool ignoreParaview = hasProperty(paraviewIgnoreProperty) && atoi(getString(paraviewIgnoreProperty).c_str());
   if(ignoreParaview)
   {
-    this->g_log.debug("Ignoring ParaView");
+    g_log.debug("Ignoring ParaView");
     return false;
   }
   
-  this->g_log.debug("Checking for ParaView");
+  g_log.debug("Checking for ParaView");
   bool isAvailable = false;
 
   try
@@ -1781,7 +1785,7 @@ bool ConfigServiceImpl::quickParaViewCheck() const
       if (givenVersionNumber == targetVersionNumber)
       {
         isAvailable = true;
-        this->g_log.information("ParaView is available");
+        g_log.information("ParaView is available");
         // Now set the plugin path.
         this->setParaViewPluginPath();
       }
@@ -1789,22 +1793,22 @@ bool ConfigServiceImpl::quickParaViewCheck() const
       {
         std::stringstream messageStream;
         messageStream << "The compatible version of ParaView is " << targetVersionNumber << " but the installed version is " << givenVersionNumber;
-        this->g_log.debug(messageStream.str());
-        this->g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
+        g_log.debug(messageStream.str());
+        g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
       }
     }
     else
     {
       std::stringstream messageStream;
       messageStream << "ParaView version query failed with code: " << rc;
-      this->g_log.debug(messageStream.str());
-      this->g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
+      g_log.debug(messageStream.str());
+      g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
     }
   }
   catch(Poco::SystemException &e)
   {
-    this->g_log.debug(e.what());
-    this->g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
+    g_log.debug(e.what());
+    g_log.information("ParaView is not available");
   }
   return isAvailable; 
 }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DateAndTime.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DateAndTime.cpp
index 0284d1c7da29f97910686a28a43dca594e429ab6..ef660f4fe5df0117a6a61ae91be7f82cee4f6efc 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DateAndTime.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DateAndTime.cpp
@@ -13,21 +13,23 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
+namespace
+{
 // Initialize the logger
-Logger& DateAndTime::g_log = Logger::get("DateAndTime");
+Logger g_log("DateAndTime");
 
 /// Max allowed nanoseconds in the time; 2^62-1
-static int64_t MAX_NANOSECONDS = 4611686018427387903LL;
+int64_t MAX_NANOSECONDS = 4611686018427387903LL;
 
 /// Max allowed seconds in the time
-static int64_t MAX_SECONDS      = 4611686017LL;
+int64_t MAX_SECONDS      = 4611686017LL;
 
 /// Min allowed nanoseconds in the time; -2^62+1
-static int64_t MIN_NANOSECONDS  = -4611686018427387903LL;
+int64_t MIN_NANOSECONDS  = -4611686018427387903LL;
 
 /// Min allowed seconds in the time
-static int64_t MIN_SECONDS      = -4611686017LL;
-
+int64_t MIN_SECONDS      = -4611686017LL;
+}
 
 namespace DateAndTimeHelpers
 {
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DirectoryValidator.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DirectoryValidator.cpp
index 33c86eb18035ae857b6a20d8ee9f57e5227e0d87..e2e6e775e55b9b884f070a10739e32f1cd517bd1 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DirectoryValidator.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DirectoryValidator.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-// Initialize the logger
-Logger& DirectoryValidator::g_log = Logger::get("DirectoryValidator");
-
 /** Constructor
  *  @param testDirectoryExists :: Flag indicating whether to test for existence of directory (default: yes)
  */
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DllOpen.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DllOpen.cpp
index 219fd38927a5a4cee3bbd0dc88582e8f782a2af6..e58a0d060dce83b9579e3ad6034d5bac9a671a62 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DllOpen.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/DllOpen.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #if _WIN32
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0510
 #include <windows.h>
-//#include <strsafe.h>
 #else
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
@@ -26,8 +25,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-// Get a reference to the logger
-Logger& DllOpen::log = Logger::get("DllOpen");
+  namespace
+  {
+    // Static logger object
+    Logger g_log("DllOpen");
+  }
 
 /* Opens the shared library after appending the required formatting,
  * i.e. libName.so for Linux and Name.dll for Windows.
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ void* DllOpen::OpenDllImpl(const std::string& filePath)
     //          TEXT("failed with error %d: %s"), 
     //          dw, lpMsgBuf); 
     _snprintf((char*)lpDisplayBuf, n, "failed with error %lu: %s", dw, lpMsgBuf);
-    log.error()<<"Could not open library " << filePath << ": " << (LPCTSTR)lpDisplayBuf << std::endl;
+    g_log.error()<<"Could not open library " << filePath << ": " << (LPCTSTR)lpDisplayBuf << std::endl;
 
     LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
     LocalFree(lpDisplayBuf);
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ void* DllOpen::OpenDllImpl(const std::string& filePath)
   void* handle = dlopen(filePath.c_str(), RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
   if (!handle)
   {
-    log.error("Could not open library " + filePath + ": " + dlerror());
+    g_log.error("Could not open library " + filePath + ": " + dlerror());
   }
   return handle;
 }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FacilityInfo.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FacilityInfo.cpp
index 3984e059e8605df8a810a065c0fbd4d2fed6a333..0924d0c77d4710657995f64dec85c7e57ad46135 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FacilityInfo.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FacilityInfo.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Strings.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/ConfigService.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Strings.h"
 
 #include <Poco/DOM/Element.h>
 #include <Poco/DOM/NodeList.h>
@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-Logger& FacilityInfo::g_log(Logger::get("FacilityInfo"));
+namespace
+{
+  /// static logger
+  Logger g_log("FacilityInfo");
+}
 
 /** Constructor.
   * @param elem :: The Poco::XML::Element to read the data from
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FileValidator.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FileValidator.cpp
index c0b0f5b3b28c84ebc02f048773d491b31ff85bf9..254444b8a284870cef95d725124ee259fe871084 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FileValidator.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FileValidator.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/FileValidator.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <Poco/File.h>
 #include <Poco/Path.h>
@@ -22,8 +23,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-// Initialize the logger
-Logger& FileValidator::g_log = Logger::get("FileValidator");
+namespace
+{
+  // Initialize the static logger
+  Logger g_log("FileValidator");
+}
 
 /** Constructor
  *  @param extensions :: The permitted file extensions (e.g. .RAW)
@@ -78,10 +82,10 @@ std::string FileValidator::checkValidity(const std::string &value) const
       //Dropped from warning to debug level as it was printing out on every search of the archive, even when successful. re #5998
       g_log.debug() << "Unrecognised extension in file \"" << value << "\"";
       if (!this->m_extensions.empty()) {
-        this->g_log.debug() << " [ ";
+        g_log.debug() << " [ ";
         for (std::set<std::string>::const_iterator it = this->m_extensions.begin(); it != this->m_extensions.end(); ++it)
           g_log.debug() << *it << " ";
-        this->g_log.debug() << "]";
+        g_log.debug() << "]";
       }
       g_log.debug() << "\"."  << std::endl;
     }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/InstrumentInfo.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/InstrumentInfo.cpp
index 8056ad096bdfab9413992f7842e299554c2244c1..4044beaf6dcf15d5d42fa04d23c87441e65ef63b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/InstrumentInfo.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/InstrumentInfo.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/InstrumentInfo.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/FacilityInfo.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Strings.h"
 
 #include <Poco/DOM/Element.h>
@@ -19,8 +20,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
-
-    Logger& InstrumentInfo::g_log = Logger::get("InstrumentInfo");
+    namespace
+    {
+      // static logger object
+      Logger g_log("InstrumentInfo");
+    }
 
     /** Constructor.
     * @param f :: The facility
@@ -34,7 +38,6 @@ namespace Mantid
       m_name = elem->getAttribute("name");
       if (m_name.empty())
       {
-        g_log.error("Instrument name is not defined");
         throw std::runtime_error("Instrument name is not defined");
       }
 
@@ -175,14 +178,12 @@ namespace Mantid
         // read the zero padding size
         if ( !elem->hasAttribute("size") )
         {
-          g_log.error("Zeropadding size is missing for instrument "+m_name);
           throw std::runtime_error("Zeropadding size is missing for instrument "+m_name);
         }
         auto& sizeStr = elem->getAttribute("size");
         int size = 0;
         if ( !Mantid::Kernel::Strings::convert(sizeStr,size) )
         {
-          g_log.error("Zeropadding size must be an integer value (instrument "+m_name+")");
           throw std::runtime_error("Zeropadding size must be an integer value (instrument "+m_name+")");
         }
         // read the start run number
@@ -191,7 +192,6 @@ namespace Mantid
         {
           if ( !m_zeroPadding.empty() )
           {
-            g_log.error("Zeropadding size is missing for instrument "+m_name);
             throw std::runtime_error("Zeropadding size is missing for instrument "+m_name);
           }
         }
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ namespace Mantid
           }
           catch(...)
           {
-            g_log.error("Zeropadding start run number must be an integer value (instrument "+m_name+")");
             throw std::runtime_error("Zeropadding start run number must be an integer value (instrument "+m_name+")");
           }
         }
@@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ namespace Mantid
 
       if (m_technique.empty())
       {
-        g_log.error("No technique is defined for instrument "+m_name);
         throw std::runtime_error("No technique is defined for instrument "+m_name);
       }
     }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Interpolation.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Interpolation.cpp
index 60030332fa4b75e9b078bebb31f4719ccf280166..dcbc771ee25d4e87bacd5268a0d21fc34c99822e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Interpolation.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Interpolation.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/Interpolation.h"
-#include <Poco/StringTokenizer.h>
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h"
+#include <Poco/StringTokenizer.h>
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
 namespace Kernel
 {
-
-  Logger& Interpolation::g_log = Logger::get("Interpolation");
+  namespace
+  {
+    /// static logger
+    Logger  g_log("Interpolation");
+  }
 
   /** Constructor default to linear interpolation and x-unit set to TOF
    */
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LibraryManager.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LibraryManager.cpp
index ea461edc292967cc28fe46c7ab5dc5e5c02f57b1..f4e0dd0f28a7e73e5c84978976f4869a8166a43d 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LibraryManager.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LibraryManager.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include "MantidKernel/ConfigService.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/DllOpen.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/LibraryManager.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/ConfigService.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/LibraryWrapper.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 
 #include <Poco/Path.h>
@@ -14,10 +15,14 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
+    namespace
+    {
+      /// static logger
+      Logger g_log("LibraryManager");
+    }
 
     /// Constructor
-    LibraryManagerImpl::LibraryManagerImpl() 
-      : g_log(Logger::get("LibraryManager"))
+    LibraryManagerImpl::LibraryManagerImpl()
     {
       g_log.debug() << "LibraryManager created." << std::endl;
     }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LogParser.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LogParser.cpp
index d593795a8b78695cd39b21951b4f856db105df31..d38e68bb65c6568388afcaf6d332ff49a4edfb2d 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LogParser.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/LogParser.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/LogParser.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h"
 
 #include "MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
-
-    Kernel::Logger& LogParser::g_log = Mantid::Kernel::Logger::get("LogParser");
+    namespace
+    {
+      /// static logger
+      Logger g_log("LogParser");
+    }
 
     /// @returns the name of the log created that defines the status during a run
     const std::string LogParser::statusLogName()
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Memory.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Memory.cpp
index 330bfd45f1966e0ccd1917b779024f3c3d235bb9..dfa5b19a734119d7a9611f815a27ba78dfefb89f 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Memory.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Memory.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#include "MantidKernel/Memory.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -22,8 +25,6 @@
   #include <Psapi.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "MantidKernel/Memory.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/System.h"
 
 using std::size_t;
 using std::string;
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
 namespace Kernel
 {
+namespace
+{
+  /// static logger object
+  Logger g_log("Memory");
+}
+
 
 /// Utility function to convert memory in kiB into easy to read units.
 template <typename TYPE>
@@ -287,19 +294,19 @@ void MemoryOptions::initAllocatorOptions()
    */
   mallopt(M_MMAP_THRESHOLD, 8*4096);
 #elif _WIN32
-  Kernel::Logger &g_log = Kernel::Logger::get("MemoryOptions");
+  Logger memOptLogger("MemoryOptions");
   // Try to enable the Low Fragmentation Heap for all heaps
   // Bit of a brute force approach, but don't know which heap workspace data ends up on
   HANDLE hHeaps[1025];
   // Get the number of heaps
   const DWORD numHeap = GetProcessHeaps(1024, hHeaps);
-  g_log.debug() << "Number of heaps: " << numHeap   << "\n";//GetProcessHeaps(0, NULL) << "\n";
+  memOptLogger.debug() << "Number of heaps: " << numHeap   << "\n";//GetProcessHeaps(0, NULL) << "\n";
   ULONG ulEnableLFH = 2; // 2 = Low Fragmentation Heap
   for(DWORD i = 0; i < numHeap; i++)
   {
     if(!HeapSetInformation(hHeaps[i], HeapCompatibilityInformation, &ulEnableLFH, sizeof(ulEnableLFH)))
     {
-      g_log.debug() << "Failed to enable the LFH for heap " << i << "\n";
+      memOptLogger.debug() << "Failed to enable the LFH for heap " << i << "\n";
     }
   }
 #endif
@@ -308,9 +315,6 @@ void MemoryOptions::initAllocatorOptions()
 
 // ------------------ The actual class ----------------------------------------
 
-/// Initialize the logger
-Kernel::Logger & MemoryStats::g_log = Kernel::Logger::get("Memory");
-
 /**
  * Constructor
  * @param ignore :: Which memory stats should be ignored.
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/MultiFileValidator.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/MultiFileValidator.cpp
index c73ab28f077ce8d8f7f567c6c27213a31e22ef32..d1edf007089f32fddde62d5bedc86b312f26139b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/MultiFileValidator.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/MultiFileValidator.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/MultiFileValidator.h"
-#include <algorithm>
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include <Poco/File.h>
 #include <Poco/Path.h>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
 
@@ -9,8 +10,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
 namespace Kernel
 {
-  // Initialize the logger
-  Logger& MultiFileValidator::g_log = Logger::get("MultiFileValidator");
+  namespace
+  {
+    // static logger
+    Logger g_log("MultiFileValidator");
+  }
 
   /// Default constructor.
   MultiFileValidator::MultiFileValidator() : TypedValidator<std::vector<std::vector<std::string> > >(),
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManager.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManager.cpp
index 8d1d820973d7b94b457aa1b4327701ac8c505634..eb24fad2aea290f22fd153404d80d5115ee18aa4 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManager.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManager.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidKernel/PropertyManager.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/FilteredTimeSeriesProperty.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h"
 
 #include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 
     using std::string;
 
-    // Get a reference to the logger
-    Logger& PropertyManager::g_log = Logger::get("PropertyManager");
+    namespace
+    {
+      // static logger reference
+      Logger g_log("PropertyManager");
+    }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /// Default constructor
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManagerOwner.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManagerOwner.cpp
index 095a3ba6e85b3bc69f11d64d10ab1cedf29087b6..4b2bf7ce791be4c968523b918d7505a432af50e4 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManagerOwner.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyManagerOwner.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
-
-    // Get a reference to the logger
-    Logger& PropertyManagerOwner::g_log = Logger::get("PropertyManagerOwner");
+    namespace
+    {
+      // Get a reference to the logger
+      Logger g_log("PropertyManagerOwner");
+    }
 
     /// Default constructor
     PropertyManagerOwner::PropertyManagerOwner() :
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Quat.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Quat.cpp
index 680eef632ce20c9b33f13ca44a319761270ebab8..f82656e4f34222c5006d64c06e1560970b54c993 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Quat.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Quat.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/Quat.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/V3D.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Tolerance.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/V3D.h"
+
 #include <cmath>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -11,8 +13,10 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
 namespace Kernel
 {
-
-  Kernel::Logger& Quat::quat_log = Kernel::Logger::get("Kernel:Quat");
+  namespace
+  {
+    Logger g_log("Quat");
+  }
 
 /** Null Constructor
  * Initialize the quaternion with the identity q=1.0+0i+0j+0k;
@@ -533,10 +537,10 @@ Quat::getRotation(bool check_normalisation,bool throw_on_errors)const
 		double normSq=aa+bb+cc+w*w;
 		if(fabs(normSq-1)>FLT_EPSILON){
 			if(throw_on_errors){
-				quat_log.error()<<" A non-unit quaternion used to obtain a rotation matrix; need to notmalize it first\n";
+				g_log.error()<<" A non-unit quaternion used to obtain a rotation matrix; need to notmalize it first\n";
 				throw(std::invalid_argument("Attempt to use non-normalized quaternion to define rotation matrix; need to notmalize it first"));
 			}else{
-				quat_log.information()<<" Warning; a non-unit quaternion used to obtain the rotation matrix; using normalized quat\n";
+				g_log.information()<<" Warning; a non-unit quaternion used to obtain the rotation matrix; using normalized quat\n";
 				aa/=normSq;
 				ab/=normSq;
 				ac/=normSq;
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/RemoteJobManager.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/RemoteJobManager.cpp
index f948b6fd6455cb21de103a6377d466fede10c086..5ce7ec800422f1925224c5b215d9761eec1eafee 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/RemoteJobManager.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/RemoteJobManager.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-// Get a reference to the logger
-Logger& RemoteJobManager::g_log = Logger::get("RemoteJobManager");
+namespace
+{
+  // static logger object
+  Logger g_log("RemoteJobManager");
+}
 
 RemoteJobManager::RemoteJobManager( const Poco::XML::Element* elem)
     : m_displayName( elem->getAttribute("name")),
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
index 632ec7c1ae258a1e6b4e19af99670c82c18cb1fe..8ac4dabcb0314147720b80aa1a35a1ae3a2a6248 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/EmptyValues.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Exception.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/TimeSplitter.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@ namespace Mantid
 {
   namespace Kernel
   {
-
+    namespace
+    {
+      /// static Logger definition
+      Logger g_log("TimeSeriesProperty");
+    }
 
     /**
      * Constructor
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/UnitFactory.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/UnitFactory.cpp
index ff2bbcc766891af70012e42852e76ed250c3ed30..edc4e5f3e987a143a7f17d100d04b1aa5d9b1b51 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/UnitFactory.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/UnitFactory.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "MantidKernel/UnitFactory.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 
 namespace Mantid
 {
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 {
 
 UnitFactoryImpl::UnitFactoryImpl() :
-  DynamicFactory<Unit>(), m_log(Kernel::Logger::get("UnitFactory"))
+  DynamicFactory<Unit>()
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
index d226f1cb0a44eb620423057605277f27fa84ba3b..1c9039fb0b3787884358500f31fd0e7a4f558f48 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public:
     Mantid::Kernel::Logger::setLevelForAll(Poco::Message::PRIO_NOTICE);
 
     //attempt some logging
-    Logger& log1 = Logger::get("logTest");
+    Logger log1("logTest");
 
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.debug("a debug string"));
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.information("an information string"));
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
   void testEnabled()
   {
     //attempt some logging
-    Logger& log1 = Logger::get("logTestEnabled");
+    Logger log1("logTestEnabled");
     TS_ASSERT(log1.getEnabled());
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.fatal("a fatal string with enabled=true"));
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.fatal()<<"A fatal message from the stream operators with enabled=true " << 4.5 << std::endl;);
@@ -83,27 +83,10 @@ public:
 
   }
 
-  void testChangeName()
-  {
-    //attempt some logging
-    Logger& log1 = Logger::get("logTestName1");
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error("This should be from logTestName1"));
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error()<<"This should be from logTestName1 via a stream" << std::endl;);
-    
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.setName("logTestName2"));
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error("This should be from logTestName2"));
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error()<<"This should be from logTestName2 via a stream" << std::endl;);
-    
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.setName("logTestName1"));
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error("This should be from logTestName1"));
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.error()<<"This should be from logTestName1 via a stream" << std::endl;);
-    
-  }
-
   void testLogLevelOffset()
   {
     //attempt some logging
-    Logger& log1 = Logger::get("logTestOffset");
+    Logger log1("logTestOffset");
     log1.setLevelOffset(0);
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.fatal("a fatal string with offset 0"));
     log1.setLevelOffset(-1);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/StdoutChannelTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/StdoutChannelTest.h
index 265438eb900bd7757a4a1fd9d61902fe7ac5721a..18a594436eb82d3e51e4687dd6415ee5ea93bbd3 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/StdoutChannelTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/StdoutChannelTest.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ public:
       // Redirect cout to buffer or any other ostream
       std::cout.rdbuf(obuffer.rdbuf());
       std::clog.rdbuf(lbuffer.rdbuf());
-      //root logger
-      Logger & log(Logger::get(""));
+      //root logger has empty name
+      Logger log("");
 
       //Test null channel first
       Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::NullChannel> nullChannel(new Poco::NullChannel);