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South Leith Parish Church

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at Gretna. The soldiers were from the 1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) which was a Territorial Battalion before World War I. The majority of the soldiers were recruited from Leith, with others recruited from nearby Musselburgh and Portobello. The Colours of this Battalion are
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The new arrangement of power took time to settle down. In 1571 there was much discussion regarding the transfer of church positions. Noblemen were becoming bishops without any further qualification and positions in the church were being given to inappropriate people – including some who were still
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had arrived in Scotland. Triduana had stayed on in Scotland and when she died the church of Restalrig was founded at that place. Now however feelings had changed and by the order of the General Assembly that church was razed to the ground and this church, although damaged, became the new church of
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of Scotland gave 18 shillings to the kirk. The church was originally a large one, with nave, chancel, crossing and transepts. The present building is a reconstruction of just the nave of the original church. The eastern parts of the church were probably destroyed during the siege of Leith in 1560.
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in 1609. This was recorded in the parish records which still survive back to May 1597. The seal of a charter granted in 1608 to a James Hall shows the church as being not dissimilar to its present appearance. The kirk records record that in 1615 the church was added to with a central steeple.
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The present Minister is the Rev Iain May BSc MBA BD who was inducted into the charge on 18 April 2012. The former minister (1995–2011) was the Reverend Ian Y. Gilmour, who was previously minister at Drylaw Parish Church in Edinburgh. On 28 April 2011 Mr Gilmour became minister at
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in 1854. During his ministry, in 1836 the central steeple that had stood since 1615 was dismantled. William Burn reported that this was essential as the steeple rested on the original west wall whilst the other newer walls had sunk and caused the tower to lean.
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South Leith Records Second Series: Selected entries from the parish registers for the years 1700 to 1850, by D. Robertson. Lectures and papers, by D. Robertson. A series of commemoration lectures and the windows and monuments of South Leith Church, by W.
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In the grounds of the graveyard are structures which contain memorials. The structures appear to have been roofed and to have had dividing walls and gates for each family's memorial. The gates, roof and walls are no longer present.
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in order that the French might be persuaded to leave. The church was damaged by English artillery fire, and this was probably when the eastern parts were destroyed. The French and the English troops did leave under the terms of the
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is thought to have been amongst those who came to listen. In 1547 the church was again involved in the struggle between the invading English and the Scots when the English used the church as a makeshift prison for Scottish nobles.
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The consequences of the treaty and the peace that followed made enormous changes to the role of this church. Nearby Restalrig Church was the parish church. That church could trace its history back to events in the year 700 when
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because had they left it alone for another quarter of a century, a period would have been reached when the art of church restoration had come to be historically and artistically understood."
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also lies buried beneath the church floor. The church has been repaired, used as an ammunition store and reconstructed but still retains the basic layout of the nave of the old church.
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on what is now Johns Place. It was demolished in 1905 to allow completion of the large warehouse which surrounded it (now converted to flats and known as the Ropeworks).
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David Thorburn (1805–1893) left to create the Free Church of South Leith, where he remained minister until death. South Leith Free Church stood on the west side of
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caused an inevitable loss of congregation. However the church recovered and reconstruction and restoration of the building took place 1847–48. The architect was
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during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The kirk records record the problems at that time with church services having to be conducted wherever space allowed.
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In the middle of the 17th century the church was involved in initiating and supervising sanitary measures and relieving the distress of victims during the
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The use of the site for religious purpose began in 1430 when Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig built a monastery dedicated to St Anthony on the site.
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The original manse was presumably on the Kirkgate but its location is unknown. A new manse was built at Hermitage Place, facing onto
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In 1544 the church was used as a refuge for people displaced by the fighting when the English army attacked Leith as part of the
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The church has a long history although most of the visible building is more recent. The church was founded as a Roman Catholic
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The church is home to the 10th Leith Boys Brigade Company and the Girl Guides. They meet at the church's halls in nearby
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Leith was important enough to warrant two ministers for most of its history: Important second charge ministers include:
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in 1820. This old manse still exists but is now a hotel. The current manse is on Claremont Road, further to the east.
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during the Battle of the Nile which no longer exists (whose memorial no longer exists?). The poet and songwriter
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erected in 1483 and dedicated in 1487. (From the twelfth century South Leith had been part of the parish of
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of England sent his forces to invade southern Scotland to try to compel a marriage between the infant
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pictures of the Memorial at Rosebank to the officers and men who died in the Gretna Railway Disaster
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Queen Mary's royal coat of arms (1565), removed from Leith Tolbooth and built into the church porch
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Kirk, which up until then had served that community, was demolished by order of the newly formed
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still kept at the church in memory of the loss to the community. The soldiers are buried in
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not legally adult. In 1572 an "extraordinary" general meeting was called by the regent (
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In the following year, 1560, the English fleet and troops arrived at the invitation of
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the parish of Leith. The church became the de facto Parish Kirk for South Leith after
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In 1915 over 200 soldiers were killed and a similar number seriously injured in the
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who went on to publish sermons and translate the work of leading French scientists.
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St Mary's Church from the SE, before the west tower and spire were removed in 1836
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The new status for the South Leith kirk as Parish church was confirmed by Act of
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writing in 1847 wrote that the architect "with the perverse ingenuity of modern
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The popular history of England, 3: an illustrated history of society and ...
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The west end of the church in 1836, showing the cracks and lean in the tower
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arrived in the Port of Leith. After a welcoming speech in French by
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in the grounds of the church, See illustration, accessed March 2010
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The stunning hammerhead timber ceiling of South Leith Parish Church
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1625 to 1630 became Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University
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The reconstruction was criticised both at the time and later.
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From 1687 until 1692 the confirmation of the congregations as
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David Lindsay (secundus) son of the above, from 1576 to 1627
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John Cossar (or Corsawr) 1664 to 1669 translated to Dalgety
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David Lindsay (secundus) 1609 to 1613 moved to first charge
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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The form of worship at the church was also changed in from
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Former South Leith Parish Church manse, 14 Hermitage Place
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and had no church of its own.) As part of the dedication
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Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David (1984).
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was demonstrated as the church expelled those who were
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Protestant churches converted from Roman Catholicism
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1487
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The requirement for a second charge ceased in 1878.
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the controversial poet and tragedian, 1771 to 1786.
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Constitution Street
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Constitution Street
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Douglas
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Blind Pew
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