Canongate, Church of Scotland

The church has a graveyard.

It was founded in 1691.

Church built in 1688 by James Smith for the congregation ousted from the Abbey Church of Holyrood when James VII converted it into a Chapel for the Knights of the Thistle. In 1691, opened for worship, the congregation having used Lady Yesters Church since 1697. In the churchyard are buried: Robert Fergusson, Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, George Drummond and Burns -Clarinda- (Mrs MacLehose). (An Edinburgh Alphabet, JF Birrel, Mercat Press, 1980)

It is located at NT2643973821 (Lat/Lon 55.951766, -3.179575). You can see this on maps provided by:

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