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South Leith Parish Church, South Leith, Church of Scotland

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South Leith Parish Church,
Constitution Street,
South Leith

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Cemeteries

The church has a graveyard.

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Church History

It was founded in 1483. and was formerly known as St Mary's.

OS maps from 1876 & 1893 show "seats for 1200".

In 1973, the congregation was merged with Leith Kirkgate.

Dunlop, in "The Kirks of Edinburgh" (Edinburgh, 1988, Scottish Record Society) provides an extensive history of the church and parish. The church website also summarises the history.

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Church Records

OPRs (Old Parish Registers) exist from the last few years of the 16th Century, although it is from around 100 years later (1692), that regular records are available.

Details of the registers, gaps, etc, can be found on the NRS website..

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Maps

It is located at NT2704276064 (Lat/Lon 55.972007, -3.170528). You can see this on maps provided by:

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War Memorial Inscriptions

There is a parish war memorial, however, the details on the IWM database do not currently (2022) include names of the fallen.

 

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