South Leith Parish Church

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Title

South Leith Parish Church

Description

South Leith Parish Church, founded in 1483, has been the ?Church in the Midst? the historic parish church in Leith for over 500 years. Our historic building, redesigned by Thomas Hamilton in 1847, has within it many historical and architectural items of great interest including a unique hammer beam roof and magnificent stained-glass windows. The church has many royal connections including the coat of arms of Mary of Guise and Mary Queen of Scots.

Source

edinburgh

Date

1847

Type

Museum

Identifier

1844

Spatial Coverage

current,55.97208,-3.170491;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Enter by Kirkgate or Constitution Street

Place

Leith

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Thomas Hamilton

OpeningDate1

28/9/2019

OpeningDate2

29/9/2019

OpeningTime1

10:00 - 16:00

OpeningTime2

12:00 - 16:00

Activities

The Brindley and Foster organ from 1887 will be played on Saturday at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm for 15 minutes. The organ will be used as normal during Sunday morning service and then at 1pm and 2pm played for 15 minutes. Obtain a close up view of the Petworth map of the siege of Leith from 1560

WC

No

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

9477

IsIncludedThisYear

Yes

Postcode

EH6 6BJ (EH6 6AZ for SatNav)

Citation

“South Leith Parish Church,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1842.

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